Example sentences of "he [verb] ask [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Fallon enjoys his job schools minister so much he has asked to remain in the Department of Education and Science if he wins the Darlington seat . |
| 2 | " He has asked to do at least two details at night and if anyone falls sick he will ask to do a third and even a fourth . |
| 3 | ‘ He has asked to see you , since you are still here . ’ |
| 4 | John Chant asked how the above was progressing and I explained that we have had initial draft typeset — he has asked to see a copy which I have passed to him today . |
| 5 | And a cancer specialist in Nottingham is so impressed with Mr Grainger 's efforts that he has asked to visit Liverpool to spend a day with the family . |
| 6 | ‘ He got so worked up he had to ask to use the toilet . |
| 7 | With College authorities he reached an unofficial arrangement whereby for a term he gave his salary to Francis Bacon whom he had asked to fill his place . |
| 8 | Archbishop Tutu said in a statement that he had asked to see the President in an effort to spell out what the white minority government must do to resolve South Africa 's political crisis . |
| 9 | From his point of view he had asked to go to see the gorillas and he had been told ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 10 | On stage with Harrison , 49 , were a group of musician friends , mainly from Eric Clapton 's band , whom he had asked to play for him . |
| 11 | He also said he had asked Housing for Wales to step up its new building to provide more affordable homes for sale and shared ownership . |
| 12 | Jenny , who was in love with him and whom he had asked to marry him . |
| 13 | ‘ How many men have we got ? ’ he had asked Epitot the previous night . |
| 14 | Now at the moment every doctor has in his desk a supply of what I call yellow cards , obviously because they 're yellow , which he 's asked to fill in if he thinks that a medicine which he has prescribed may have caused some nasty effect , for example to give the patient headaches , or to make them giddy , or to make them sick , or perhaps even something more serious than that . |
| 15 | If the doctor suspects that the medicine has caused an affect like that , he 's asked to fill in a card and to send it in . |
| 16 | And he 's asked to put another one on , for this morning |
| 17 | It 's just , they just announced this morning that he 's , and he 's asked to go . |