Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They asked me a few questions and they said , ‘ You 'd better come along to the police station . ’ |
| 2 | They asked me a few questions and withdrew to grunt amongst themselves , then came back and welcomed me as one of them . |
| 3 | It was of course my mother , and she asked me the same questions as my neighbour . |
| 4 | The members of the household , once they realised that their watches and jewellery were safe , ‘ asked them a thousand questions ’ about America , and , as the children 's governess later wrote ‘ they behaved with great civility ’ . |
| 5 | He asked them a few times . |
| 6 | In his absence , I afterwards asked them the same questions , and they were able to explain quite adequately . |
| 7 | Well that was the question that Mr asked you a few minutes ago was n't it , er Mr ? |
| 8 | You know your workbooks that you 've got , he 's actually asking you a few questions relating to the statistics that er , Dr. Bernard 's going to mention , so can I ask you to get your workbooks and a pen , just so that you can jot down some of the information . |
| 9 | very settled in the library er she went to the interview er and she said she 'd er remembered everything that the teacher had told them about how to present themselves at interviews and she went down and the er , the librarian says well , asked her a few questions and he says |
| 10 | She enjoyed hearing about the governess 's letters which would never be received and translations of East End rhyming slang , but did n't think he actually listened to her , he often asked her the same questions . |
| 11 | I wanted to follow them home , ask them a million questions . |
| 12 | Then they continue , they hand you the tape , you ask them a few questions , like what the band 's called , how long you 've been working together , and bla bla bla , and then erm , I think I I 'm actually doing it with Kent and James and they 're not thick . |
| 13 | One chair at the bottom of the table was empty , and as I came in Dr Barton , with hardly more than a nod in my direction , indicated the chair and said sternly , ‘ You may sit , Doctor Masters , while we ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 14 | Ask you a few things . |
| 15 | " Not yet ; let's get a sup of tea into the lad and ask him a few questions . |
| 16 | She had asked him a few Saturdays ago if everything was all right between them . |
| 17 | ‘ A police inspector is coming round to speak to us all — ask us a few questions . ’ |
| 18 | " Now perhaps you will be kind enough , Madame Sherman , to ask me no more questions . " |
| 19 | ‘ We would like to ask you a few questions about Andrew Livesey . |
| 20 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'd like to ask you a few questions , Miss Cassidy ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Miss Fraser , I 'd like to ask you a few questions if I may . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Because if you have , the Company might want to ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 24 | We just want to ask you a few questions and get out . |
| 25 | ‘ Constable Aplin and I came here to ask you a few questions about a certain matter . |
| 26 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 27 | I decided it was a good time to ask him the final questions about Stapleton and the hound . |
| 28 | I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 29 | Just do n't ask me no more questions , Dot . |
| 30 | I can ask them a stupid questions . |