Example sentences of "ask me [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought he should acquire a sober ‘ Anthony Eden ’ black Homburg hat and asked me where to buy one . |
| 2 | Seconds later , he asked me urgently to bring over a large roll of cotton-wool . |
| 3 | Victoria said , ‘ And why he asked me not to call him uncle in front of you because it made him sound old ! ’ |
| 4 | He asked me not to misquote him . |
| 5 | The thing that 's teasing my mind is that I 'm fairly sure he asked me not to tell anyone he 'd been there . ’ |
| 6 | It was on one of these occasions that Guy Gibson was ushered into " Cocky's ' presence and , just prior to his appearance , the AOC had given me a slip of paper with the names of about 20 pilots whom he asked me not to recruit — as a favour to him — which was his style . |
| 7 | ‘ My time was being taken up by people asking me either to find them a folly or a buyer for some extraordinary building , ’ says Gwyn . |
| 8 | Cos you ask me how to spell them ! |
| 9 | have moved on Ask me once to go with you |
| 10 | So , erm , you know , my mother like , if she , if she needs something , she just asks me just to pop to erm , Gateways . |
| 11 | I 'd also like to say that I 've received some twenty nine representations from constituents in my ward all of whom live in my ward who are opposed to fox hunting and have asked me today to vote to ban fox hunting on our land and I 've only received two representations from official bodies the video and , and a representation from the British Field Sports Association erm , in favour of fox hunting . |
| 12 | ‘ Although I tended not to write about her once we got to know each other , she has never asked me not to publish anything . |
| 13 | He did not know that Mme Bluot had asked me not to walk in that direction ( ‘ It is a street so disreputable , madame , it could lead a child astray . ’ ) , |
| 14 | The girl moved a few slow paces down the empty platform — she had asked me not to get out and help her — and then she stopped . |
| 15 | Because I I mean I because she had asked me originally to keep it but I keep mine all separate until you asked me for it . |
| 16 | The girl had asked me how to get an abortion . |
| 17 | The Secretary of State has asked me specifically to clarify the principles which underlie the administration of ECRs within the reformed health service . |
| 18 | ‘ If the FA had asked me personally to select our opponents I 'd have gone for Orient , ’ said Still . |
| 19 | Just so long as you are not intending to ask me not to leave London . |
| 20 | You did n't ask me here to talk about your summer holidays . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But you did n't ask me here to comment on a perfectly straightforward signal . |
| 22 | ‘ She was very , very shy , ’ says Freda Berkeley , ‘ and when she had people she did n't know very well , she 'd ask me round to help . ’ |