Example sentences of "he ask [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now , you 're sure you feel well enough to make a statement ? ’ he asked for the second or third time . |
| 2 | ‘ It is coming ? ’ he asked for the fifth time since they had broken away from the Baglietto . |
| 3 | As he asked for the latest report , Marshka thought about the policeman and the Englishman . |
| 4 | In letters to both John Major and Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , he asked for the full cost to be disclosed and expressed concern over the waste of public money . |
| 5 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ What exactly did he take ? ’ he asked for the fourth time . |
| 7 | ‘ Any sightings of Jessamyn ? ’ he asked on the open channel . |
| 8 | and er you know if they did erm I mean Martin asked about the , he asked about the good wood guide you know and I told them where they can get it but that they can have it in their office and put it in their library . |
| 9 | He asked about the regional conference . |
| 10 | Over a cup of tea in the departure lounge he asked about the red rose I had placed by the wall , and so I told him of the red , white and blue wreath at Bayeux , of the other red roses on the graves of the crew , and of the ‘ Peace ’ rose which we had brought from England . |
| 11 | ‘ Are there servants in the house ? ’ he asked in the same low voice . |
| 12 | ‘ She 's dead too ? ’ he asked in the same cold , interrogative voice . |
| 13 | ‘ So how , then , do you propose we get to know each other ? ’ he asked in the same soft tone . |
| 14 | In 1942 , after a long preamble once again accusing the government of ‘ favouritism ’ towards the Masai , he asked in the Legislative Council if a thousand square miles of Masailand could be set aside for ‘ settlement of fighting services personnel , when their job of destroying our foul enemies , who would make slaves of the Masai , is completed ’ . |