Example sentences of "ask [pron] out to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Within four minutes he asked me out to dinner . |
| 2 | We chatted so much on that first date , and then Denise asked me out to dinner the next night . |
| 3 | She asked you out to lunch to meet her . ’ |
| 4 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 5 | She was so obviously upset by the break-up that I asked her out to lunch to cheer her up , and I asked her home because I thought my mother and sister might help her . |
| 6 | He asked her out to lunch because he hoped that she had missed him . |
| 7 | Four days later he asked her out to dinner , and she walked home without her feet touching the pavement . |
| 8 | Only this afternoon , one of the Maison 's new fabric suppliers had asked her out to dinner and made it perfectly plain that he found her attractive . |
| 9 | ‘ Your spy ? ’ she gibed , recalling that Cavell had been with her when another DJ had telephoned to ask her out to a street market that only operated at night . |
| 10 | ‘ Shall I ask him out to dinner ? ’ |