Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Michael was anxious to get it sorted out and asked me to arrange the wedding . ’ |
| 2 | He asked me to hold the coffee up to his lips and I was gone . |
| 3 | Her first commission came about quite casually : ‘ My husband and I had gone to stay with friends and they asked me to do a charcoal drawing of their Dachshund , Rosy . |
| 4 | ‘ John asked me to do a job for him first . ’ |
| 5 | He asked me to compile a list of suspects , however improbable . |
| 6 | He asked me to take a message to the Blackpool Conference conveying to the delegates that he felt that he could not lead the Party at the General Election , and inviting those whose business it was to do so , to take soundings about the future leadership . |
| 7 | So , when one of Ramon 's friends asked me to take a package to a friend of his in Berlin , I thought , well , I can make up that I have a job and cut my visit short because of it . |
| 8 | He asked me to take a seat and listen to some music he would put on . |
| 9 | As soon as Ken Hurren mentioned the word in his office this morning , when he asked me to take the task on , I felt a secret dismay . |
| 10 | He asked me to join the Party . |
| 11 | One mother held up an emaciated child , and in sign language asked me to vaccinate the baby . |
| 12 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 13 | At all events , when I mentioned it to Heather , she asked me to repeat the name of the restaurant . |
| 14 | ‘ He asked me to circulate the story of his death . |
| 15 | If you remember , yesterday afternoon , after the funeral , Francis asked me to lock the studio and bring him the key . |
| 16 | Duly , when the Conservatives were returned in 1970 , Ted Heath asked me to lead a delegation to see whether we could work out an agreement . |
| 17 | But I was glad we could n't because they asked me to read the lesson . |
| 18 | Rob asked me to book a car : from 9.00 am on Friday 9/6 ( available at the Press — let me know if delivery address should be different ) ; to be returned on Sunday 11/6 to Swan National , Market Service Station , Old Vicarage , Preston ( 0772 ) 53844 . |
| 19 | You asked me to send a reminder so you could arrange for the stone cross to be cleaned before Remembrance Sunday in November . |
| 20 | ‘ Nothing ; I 've already said — I stopped by because Adam asked me to copy a disk for him , and then I looked for my calculator — I left it on the table the other day . ’ |
| 21 | I undressed her in her South Kensington hotel room and fucked her , only retreating to the safety of the street outside when she asked me to stay the night so that she could pretend to be my mother . |
| 22 | They were well on the way when he explained : ‘ Barbara asked me to fetch a bag she 's packed . |
| 23 | The Member for Ogmore also asked me to consider the question of enforcement . |
| 24 | I doubt whether they caught him because no one ever asked me to make a statement or come to court ; but then you never know , he may have pleaded guilty . |
| 25 | I telephoned the next day , and the producer , having chatted with me awhile and ascertained that I was not a nutter ( I think ) , asked me to make a programme . |
| 26 | Well the other day somebody asked me to sign a petition about date rape |
| 27 | Anyway , we arrived back here just before five and he asked me to keep an appointment he had made with Harry Collins at The Bay View . |
| 28 | As a matter of fact , Matthew asked me to keep an eye on him — I think he felt guilty . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Because the colonel asked me to keep an eye on you . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Asked me to keep an eye on you , ’ he repeated mildly as he skilfully opened the bottle of wine . |