Example sentences of "[was/were] asked [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In one task — rhyme monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word which rhymed with a cue word given in advance ( e.g. doubt ) . |
| 2 | In the other task — category monitoring — subjects were asked to listen out for a word belonging to a particular semantic category ( e.g. fish ) . |
| 3 | Commanding officers were asked to clamp down on harmful initiation ceremonies , and ‘ agony aunts ’ from the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service were installed to provide a sympathetic hearing for bullied soldiers . |
| 4 | In order to cajole him into accepting the role , the British tandem of Peter Yates and John Mortimer were asked to fly out from London to Philadelphia , where the play was trying out . |
| 5 | Instead the 20 District Health authorities involved were asked to come up with a £9,000 each by tomorrow afternoon . |
| 6 | The two understudies were asked to come back on the Friday afternoon , when there was going to be a complete run of the play for the producers and Malcolm Harris . |
| 7 | Once the students had agreed the language to be taught-lexis , structure and discourse function — they were asked to work out in pairs how they would plan to prepare a class for the Negotiator assessment . |
| 8 | Or as a laboratory supervisor , who was asked to go along with the manufacture of ‘ doctored ’ data so as to secure a contract deadline put it ( Vandivier 1972:22 ) : |
| 9 | So oft we went , leaving Pop at ‘ Prospect Lodge ’ in Simla ( a holiday home for missionaries ) until he was asked to go down to Poona and look after a soldiers ' club . |
| 10 | She was asked to hang on for a moment . |
| 11 | I was asked to clean down with blanket wash and then run over with a clean polishing rag . |
| 12 | TDS.3 was asked to set about considering a means of taking a Jeep ( 3,000lb ) or even a Valentine tank ( 14 tons ! ) into battle under a detachable rotorhead ! |
| 13 | Gulliver wanted to step down in August because of business commitments but was asked to carry on by chairman Wallace Mercer until the club had made a decision about a new stadium . |
| 14 | The total sample was divided into six groups , and each group was asked to choose out of five repayment arrangements for a particular loan ; then , given more information about the terms of the loan , they were given the opportunity of changing their choice . |
| 15 | I was asked to turn out at Coventry and I agreed because I 'm a professional player and that 's my job — but I was n't feeling 100 per cent . |
| 16 | The difficulty is that the wife has died intestate , and her intestate heir is precisely the person she was asked to ward off from her property . |
| 17 | A general election was called for May and Chandra Shekhar was asked to stay on as caretaker Prime Minister . |
| 18 | Peter Wood relinquished the Chairmanship of RBIC , and RBIS , to Chris Pearson , Director of Private and Offshore Banking and Director , South of England in October 1992 when the rapid growth of Direct Line made greater demands on Peter 's time ; Norman , who had been due to retire at that time , was asked to stay on for two years to see the restructuring process completed . |
| 19 | Or , from the Viz diary of a made-up Hollywood stunt man : ‘ I was asked to stand in for Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon II , but I turned it down 'cos Patsy Kensit 's got tits like fried eggs . ’ |