Example sentences of "ask him [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both came to the Sunday services immediately after coming along to the centre , one of the lads having a belief in Jesus but had never taken the step of repentance and asking Him into his heart , when he did his reaction was to say he felt the chains fall from him and that he believes Jesus has broken his addiction to alcohol . |
| 2 | She preferred to talk about films and books and records , and though she seemed interested in him , asking him about his life , he felt cheated as well as flattered . |
| 3 | She could n't resist asking him about his date . |
| 4 | I mean , okay if it is the kid — the gardener said a pile of comics and old coke tins — but if it 's a six-foot tramp with a ten-year-old IQ I might look a bit silly asking him about his home life . ’ |
| 5 | Jimmy was talking to Wood 's gillie one night , asking him about his gentleman 's astonishing success with the small fly : ‘ Wee Blue Charm be damned . |
| 6 | The coroner spoke sharply to Wells , asking him about his statement and why he had not followed it up . |
| 7 | I asked him through his interpreter whether he could now make the films he wanted again . |
| 8 | One of them rounded on him , grabbed him by the arm , but only asked him for his name and address . ’ |
| 9 | When I asked him for his reaction , he sat hunched behind a table in his little palace , his head hanging down , his half-moon spectacles on the end of his nose . |
| 10 | In France he was courted by publicity-conscious surfers ; people asked him for his autograph . |
| 11 | I asked him about his communication system with the engineer . |
| 12 | Mungo and Emily asked him about his childhood . |
| 13 | No wonder he clammed up whenever I asked him about his childhood . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked him about his attitude to his cousin and he said he did n't have an attitude but that he was very upset . ’ |
| 15 | I asked him about his shamanism . |
| 16 | MICK CLEARY asked him about his future , his captaincy of Quins and his rivals . |
| 17 | I asked him about his party 's environmental charter but he seemed to have no answer . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I showed him my brooch — the one you gave me for my birthday — and I asked him about his birthday . |
| 19 | Eventually Ken was referred to a doctor who had an interest in dietary factors in disease , and asked him about his diet It emerged that Ken drank 20 cups of tea or coffee , both very strong , in the course of the average day . |
| 20 | Later , as Wemmick and I left Jaggers ' house together , I asked him about his employer 's housekeeper . |
| 21 | He then turned to the general strike and asked him about his role in it . |
| 22 | When I asked him about his nose he actually growled at me . |
| 23 | Try to recognise this man early in the meeting and , when an item comes up on which you know he has some expertise , ask him for his opinion . |
| 24 | ‘ Ask him for his autograph , then . ’ |
| 25 | Ask him about his diamond ventures in Australia and poor Thomas . ’ |
| 26 | And I had not even asked him for his name ! |
| 27 | Castle , 60 , said the Queen had asked him about his health after his year-long battle with lung cancer . |
| 28 | He 's in the dressing room next door and , after sorting himself out , he knocked and joined me in mine , giving me the opportunity to ask him about his illness . |
| 29 | He 'd avoided giving her a direct answer when she 'd tried to ask him about his friendship with the actress , but it was obvious that there was a very real chemistry between them . |
| 30 | I 've decided to ask him about his lymphoma , perhaps after the tea-break . |