Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] a few [noun] " 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 | He asked them a few times . |
| 4 | Well that was the question that Mr asked you a few minutes ago was n't it , er Mr ? |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | Ask you a few things . |
| 10 | " Not yet ; let's get a sup of tea into the lad and ask him a few questions . |
| 11 | She had asked him a few Saturdays ago if everything was all right between them . |
| 12 | ‘ A police inspector is coming round to speak to us all — ask us a few questions . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ We would like to ask you a few questions about Andrew Livesey . |
| 14 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd like to ask you a few questions , Miss Cassidy ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Miss Fraser , I 'd like to ask you a few questions if I may . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Because if you have , the Company might want to ask you a few questions . ’ |
| 18 | We just want to ask you a few questions and get out . |
| 19 | ‘ Constable Aplin and I came here to ask you a few questions about a certain matter . |
| 20 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 21 | I should like to ask her a few questions , such as what she really feels about the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) . |
| 22 | So I 'd like to ask you er , I 'll move on and ask you a few questions about places you 've lived in the past . |
| 23 | I tell you what I 'll ask you a few questions . |
| 24 | These people will just ask him a few questions , make a few tests . |
| 25 | The procedure , if it followed the usual course , would have been this : two doctors would be taken to see her and would ask her a few questions . |