Example sentences of "have ask [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A clergyman in his late thirties recently said : ‘ No-one has asked me about my praying since I was ordained ! ’ — whether he wanted anyone to ask him was not clear , but the implication was that he needed it ! |
| 2 | " Father , " she said quietly , " Dom João has asked me to be his wife and I have accepted his keepsake . |
| 3 | Erm somebody I know has asked me to er You know I do n't know if you know how they compile dictionaries ? |
| 4 | On a more cheerful note however , his brother Paul has asked me to be his Sponsor for Confirmation next month — so I 'm quite proud about that ! |
| 5 | Producer Duncan Weldon has asked him from time to time to do a tour but Courtenay has never responded until now . |
| 6 | And I believe Bob has asked you to er , I think , collect some data erm , on trade in wheat and cotton erm , as an example . |
| 7 | For example , there is a right way and a wrong way of answering a stranger who has asked you for the time . |
| 8 | And astronomers would never have looked in that area , in that region , perhaps radio astronomy , unless you 'd asked them to ? |
| 9 | ‘ Have you not heard of Resenence Jeopardy ? ’ she 'd asked him on the first day of their acquaintance . |
| 10 | Through the crowd round the barrels William saw the priest who 'd officiated at the funeral and who 'd asked him about the hymns . |
| 11 | Yeah , I could n't even fight the thought that she 'd asked him at no what I mean . |
| 12 | Well Laura and Gemma wanted to make these pasties and she 'd asked me at the weekend and I did n't have the time because I think Irene came down cos I asked Irene whether she 'd looked after , you know I 'm at college until three , and she said yeah I 'll pick them up and er I could n't get her out at then so I promised she could make them so , I said alright you and Gemma make them , anyway they did very well they made them in about fifteen minutes because we had to go and get Emily at four from school , I said hurry up , hurry up put the water in Emily quick stick them together shove them now and put them in the oven |
| 13 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 14 | I suppose if you 'd asked me before all this happened , I 'd have said I 'd give in , but I was so angry . |
| 15 | As she stared into her bemused eyes , he slowly smiled , and in that moment she would have committed murder if he 'd asked her to . |
| 16 | If I 'd asked you for it you 'd probably have punched me in the eye . ’ |
| 17 | What would I have done , I would have asked her to er get out of the bed , walk towards me and come out into the hall way where she could have been looked after by one of the other officers , and al allow me to get on with my main task in hand . |
| 18 | She could have asked him about the carrots . |
| 19 | ‘ Or perhaps I should not have asked you at all . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I should have asked you for more , ’ said Nubenehem . |
| 21 | ‘ I should n't have asked you for the extra two-fifty mils . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I would never have asked you for anything ! ’ she protested proudly . |
| 23 | They may have asked you about your work , your leisure activities and the things you buy . |
| 24 | Cos I filled it all out and I do n't remember having to if there had been anything like that I 'd have asked you about it . |
| 25 | I should have asked you into the house to dry it out ! ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Hardly , or I could have asked it over the telephone , and avoided imposing upon you . |
| 27 | Without them having to ask us for the address . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't know what you can have to ask me about Mr Hatton 's teeth , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Well I du n no whether I I 'm in a position to comment on that you know you 'll have to ask them about that whether you know we 've all learnt from each other really . |
| 30 | That one was taken for us at Kristof Laszlo 's studio — you 'd have to ask him about it . ’ |