Example sentences of "ask you to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I 'd have liked to prolong it by asking you to supper , but … ’ |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | It would al I think it probably also asks you to group them properly . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | She said it was very kind of you to make her a cake , and she 's asked you to tea at her house ! ’ |
| 8 | She said if I found you I had to ask you to dinner . |
| 9 | ‘ I came to ask you to supper , ’ she babbled looking back into the drawing room . |
| 10 | afternoon and I was going to ask you to sort of sum up with your views as the sort of |
| 11 | I if I can ask you to home in on that five thousand pound figure , once you reach five thousand pound on any assignment you get another fifteen percent bonus . |
| 12 | ‘ I must ask you to hand that back to me . ’ |