Example sentences of "ask [pron] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , he asked me to lunch , and we went to the Russell Hotel , which was conveniently near his office . |
| 2 | The following week the US Tour moved to Los Angeles for the LA Open , and Frank asked me to caddie for him there . |
| 3 | He asked me to caddie for him for the rest of the year . |
| 4 | But Jim insisted , insisted that I bought him a pint and asked me to caddie for him the following week at St Anne 's . |
| 5 | As their appointment was n't until the afternoon , Sukey Benedict asked them to lunch beforehand . |
| 6 | But it was there when my heart softened on witnessing the courtesy you showed my housekeeper , the smile you had for her ; there when I asked you to dinner with no certainty why I 'd done so , other than that it most assuredly was n't on account of any interview . |
| 7 | When I got back , I found a card from Ivy asking me to lunch — yesterday — Thursday ; and John had written to Ivy to say he thought I could go , and so I did , and she was pleased to have the loukoumi . |
| 8 | Things they wo n't admit so that they can keep on asking me to dinner — because my name is Goldsborough . |
| 9 | I 'd have liked to prolong it by asking you to supper , but … ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I did wonder , ’ said Sophia at last in desperation , ‘ whether I had committed a grave social error in asking you to dinner alone when you may very well have a mother , wife or fiancee who should have been invited too . ’ |
| 11 | Her own grandfather had regarded doctors as tradespeople and would not have dreamed of asking one to dinner , but most people below the rank of bank manager treated doctors with awe and respect , calling them ‘ Doctor ’ all the time . |
| 12 | And asking him to supper was the only way she could do this . |
| 13 | ‘ We have n't seen the Queen since the garden party , ’ said Brian , ‘ but I do n't suppose you 'll be asking her to dinner . ’ |
| 14 | I sent it inside an envelope addressed to Ann in the flat below in Russell Square , asking her to post it on to wherever Alison was living . |
| 15 | Auntie Lou had friends in the town who asked her to tea sometimes but she never dared ask them back . |
| 16 | She 'd have to take off her thick blue jersey soon , and she could n't remember how many buttons had come off the shirt underneath , and it was sleeveless , and she had n't shaved her armpits since Philippa asked her to supper last week . |
| 17 | ‘ I asked her to supper on Friday . |
| 18 | I asked her to slack off on the ginger a bit |
| 19 | I phoned Shirley , a friend I 'd made who ran a travel agency , and asked her to book me on the mid-day Concorde . |
| 20 | When Tony Richardson asked him to film A Taste of Honey , Kate said firmly that he had to get an agent . |
| 21 | It was during the second week that Carol asked him to dinner at her parents ' place . |
| 22 | " For what devious purpose have you asked me to dinner if it 's not a truce ? " |
| 23 | He remembered that at his formal entry ( matriculation ) the praelector of the college gave all the new undergraduates advice on their deportment : ‘ If a Fellow asks you to lunch , leave at 2.15 p.m. ; unless the general conversation is particularly interesting when you may leave at 2.25 p.m . ’ |
| 24 | It would al I think it probably also asks you to group them properly . |
| 25 | So i i if you can er give me the background if I ask you to sort of give me a bit of background for the case , I 'll write it up here , and I 'll write down the solutions and see what , see what you 've done . |
| 26 | She said it was very kind of you to make her a cake , and she 's asked you to tea at her house ! ’ |
| 27 | So of course we 've asked him to dinner . |
| 28 | Rowse was at that time in London , or I might ( I said ) have asked him to tea and taken some soundings . |
| 29 | Lucy had asked her to supper in her West London flat . |
| 30 | She said if I found you I had to ask you to dinner . |