Example sentences of "ask [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ He asked me to take good care of them . |
2 | Betty 's letter said , ‘ Last year , as he was going to take part in the World Championship in Canada , he asked me to make some gold socks to match his waistcoat . |
3 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
4 | When the Editor asked me to write this article I happily agreed . |
5 | ‘ Details , of course , will take time and come later , but that 's my general philosophy ; that 's what you would get if you asked me to complete this job for you . ’ |
6 | So he asked me to bring some stuff up . ’ |
7 | I asked you to move this lot , and you did n't ! |
8 | " You would n't get the wrong idea if I asked you to put that light out , would you ? " she asked . |
9 | It need only do what it does now when it examines doctors ' behaviour by asking them to justify that behaviour before a panel of their professional peers . |
10 | D' ya think it might be worth writing to some of the and asking them to donate any paper plates ? |
11 | It thereupon wrote to all institutions offering advanced work asking them to provide detailed information about student numbers and other aspects of planning forward to 1984–5 . |
12 | ‘ It 's all right , I 'm not asking you to divulge that purpose . |
13 | Erm , so I would certainly be asking you to keep some contingency provision in that area , because we project some very expensive one-off demands on certain elements of children 's services . |
14 | It 's a letter from Mrs Burrows asking you to dine next week ! |
15 | The experiment consisted of presenting an unseen passage of text to a person and asking her to guess one letter at a time . |
16 | Erm and we find in the office that we get lots of forms coming in from the Paymaster General asking us to confirm that mister X is employed you know on a on a part time basis . |
17 | To remind the assembly that this is a matter which was raised I think by Mr a couple of years ago and when a very similar motion was accepted by the Board er asking us to raise this matter with the the Roman Catholic hierarchy in Scotland , which we did er we know that there has been attention paid to this by the , the hierarchy . |
18 | Erm , they 're actually asking us to supply one set of gear . |
19 | With this in mind , we searched out one of Britain 's leading exponents of the Gothic bodice-ripper and asked her to inject some life into the first ascent of the Eiger 's north face . |
20 | The stranger asked him to promise one thing : ‘ Do n't stay in the job for more than ten years , because you 'll get stale . |
21 | ‘ Are you suggesting I asked him to play slow music ? ’ she shot back , outraged . |
22 | We ask them to be multi- skilled , we ask them to use new technology , we ask them to be obsessed as they should be with quality add customer service . |
23 | You could even use a polaroid camera , show them the photo , ask them to recreate that moment . |
24 | 12.20 : Another Social Worker asks me to arrange half-day visit to the School . |
25 | Erm Hugh 's asked me to open this morning 's erm quality seminar . |
26 | ‘ She would often come and have an afternoon cup of tea with me and then pick my brain as to what BA had asked me to do that morning . |
27 | ‘ Four clubs have asked me to play next season , and I 'm going to make a big effort to get fit again . |
28 | Conference , I ask you to support this motion that calls for a publicity campaign to name those employers and establishments that exploit th their staff so they can make a fat profit , and to update the hotel list . |
29 | I ask you to support this motion . |
30 | Your Royal Highness sorry , Your Royal Highness er before we , we ask you to close this meeting I would like to ask our members to show their appreciation for the wonderful way you have chaired this Annual General Meeting , for your presence here and the gracious way you support the sport throughout the season . |