Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Gentleman asked me about future numbers . |
| 2 | When I next saw the King , he asked me about this experience . |
| 3 | I mean you asked me about formal education , and immediately we 're talking about nursery education . |
| 4 | I mean you asked me about formal education and immediately we 're talking about nursery education . |
| 5 | The hon. Member for Linlithgow also asked me about competitive tendering and the tendering process . |
| 6 | After my return to England I was able to continue my interest in Burma 's future , for when General Aung San and his colleagues came to London for consultations with the British Government , Mr Attlee asked me to 10 Downing Street to introduce the various members to him . |
| 7 | He asked me for 50,000 francs for Félix . |
| 8 | No one asked me for any comment . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 10 | They asked me for more money . |
| 11 | Madame raised her crackling voice from the large brown desk where she presided in the hall beyond , and asked them with unusual largesse if they would like some refreshment . |
| 12 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 13 | Mr Quarmby describes himself as going ‘ cap in hand to the recording companies and asking them for advance rental income ’ . |
| 14 | DEFINITION : Research is ringing someone up and asking them for other people 's names . |
| 15 | In order to help us I think in our discussions , it seems to me that , I think we ought to write formally to the County Council and to the District Council actually asking them for more details of their consideration for what they intend to do about parishes . |
| 16 | ‘ Do n't even think of asking me about female membership , ’ barked the old Sgt-Major . |
| 17 | He was asking me about some man called Payne who seems to have died years ago . |
| 18 | The honourable gentlemen is asking me for procedural advice across floor of the house , which he knows that I do not volunteer . |
| 19 | First of all , many people have been asking me on this programme in the past what credentials you people on the Council have for setting a budget . |
| 20 | So can we come back then to er asking you for written confirmation of the |
| 21 | I mentioned to Kirk that I had no intention of asking him about that part of the tour . |
| 22 | One of the more experienced printers remembers Laura asking him at this time to ‘ have a go ’ at producing a pattern she liked . |
| 23 | Although he was still hungry , he decided against asking her for second helpings now that he had forgotten to use her new name at the very first test . |
| 24 | I never asked her for total commitment ( after all , if I were into monogamy would I have done such a good job of dangling that little Limnititzker tsatskeleh in front of her nose ? ) , but I would have hoped the woman would stand by me in a crisis . |
| 25 | Yes , I know how we got talking to this girl in the Post Office cos I erm I asked her for some stamps as well , you see , I wanted some cos I happen to be sending stuff of for Germany tomorrow . |
| 26 | He then asked her for another £46,500 , claiming he needed the money to secure the bonds , and paid that , too , into his account . |
| 27 | We asked him for general news . |
| 28 | I went to visit him at the Benedictine monastery at Nashdom and asked him for any insights which he could give me from his experience in Accra . |
| 29 | I asked him for some bread and cheese , and he went down to the kitchen . ’ |
| 30 | When Jamie came in with the food at gloaming , Cameron asked him for another blanket . |