Example sentences of "ask [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked the self-same question . |
| 2 | To receive Sainteny he asked the former emperor Bao Dai to stand with him and endorse the agreement . |
| 3 | In the first car he was stopped ten or more times for no reason at all and always asked the same questions : is this your car … are you sure that it 's your car … are you sure it is n't a stolen car , and then asked to produce his driving documents . |
| 4 | As each man drew his money and put his cross , Jonadab asked the same question . |
| 5 | In the previous June when Marplan asked the same question , 35 per cent expressed support for opting out . |
| 6 | I was just going out when a man came in and asked the same question . |
| 7 | Brook then asked the same volunteer to read again , but to stop after each name . |
| 8 | Belinda asked the same thing . |
| 9 | It seems a couple of them came out here a time or two , asked a few questions , shrugged their shoulders and took themselves off . ’ |
| 10 | The journalists asked a few questions and got no real answers and the old Monsieur le Président , who had presided so long in his own way at the top , shouted and banged his fist before leaving the room . |
| 11 | He heard her out in silence , asked a few questions , then went and stood over her . |
| 12 | My aunt asked a few questions , and ascertained that the lady 's pain was originating from her lower right abdomen — the general area of her right thigh up to the right side of her stomach . |
| 13 | Kathleen answered the phone , listened for a minute and asked a few questions , and then cradled the receiver with a groan . |
| 14 | Her last evening — last Saturday — I suggested she asked a few hospital colleagues in for pasta , which she did . |
| 15 | A policeman asked a few people in the queue questions which they answered desultorily . |
| 16 | She asked no more questions . |
| 17 | Fortunately they asked no more questions , and were still discussing the wonderful things I had seen , when Joe came in from the forge . |
| 18 | The children asked no more questions , but looked up at her in amazement . |
| 19 | Up front Tony was asking the same questions . |
| 20 | Once the system has established what is being asked of it , the request is stored so that the next time it comes up there is no need to waste time asking the same questions over again . |
| 21 | They had spoken as if I were n't there , which in a way I was n't , as other passengers were moving round me , all asking the same questions . |
| 22 | While these groups and individuals may not always have shared our analysis , they were asking the same questions about the link between government claims and reality in relation to job creation and training in West Belfast . |
| 23 | It is worth looking at short- and medium-term goals for staff development and asking the same questions . |
| 24 | Are they asking the same questions ? |
| 25 | Keep asking the same questions . |
| 26 | I 'm not asking the same question . |
| 27 | He might have the will to fight back , but everyone is asking the same question : ‘ Does he have the way ? ’ |
| 28 | He might have the will to fight back , but everyone is asking the same question : ‘ Does he have the way ? ’ |
| 29 | As , yet again , Britain started its mopping up operation , tired rescue workers , tearful home owners and others were asking the same question : Whatever caused the heavens to open ? |
| 30 | Had you been living in Oxford and asking the same question I think well then it 's erm you know , it 's obviously a very valid question . |