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Example sentences of "ask [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
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 .