Example sentences of "he ask [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What the hell does she want ? ’ he asked of no one in particular as Melissa approached , a vision in pale lilac . |
| 2 | ‘ What the hell have I done to deserve this ? ’ he asked of no one in particular . |
| 3 | ’ On the north-east corner he asked for a castellated bell tower in which to house the bell he had brought back from Lille . |
| 4 | The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune . |
| 5 | I wrote to a prospective customer of the OALDCE 3/e Electronic on 19 May and faxed to you his letter in which he asked for a copy of the tape suitable for running on an AT&T machine . |
| 6 | His parents were not surprised when he asked for a lock on his bedroom door before he had reached his teenage years . |
| 7 | He asked for a little restorative brandy , then saw a baker 's tray of delicious cakes being carried into the inn 's side-door . |
| 8 | The Chancellor was thus in a much stronger position than under Weimar , and , additionally , he could request an early election if he asked for a vote of confidence and this was rejected by the Bundestag . |
| 9 | He asked for a MRA force to come to the Ruhr — ‘ and the place to begin is Moers , ’ he said . |
| 10 | He asked for a cup of water , finished it , and leaving Cranston to his drinking , went outside . |
| 11 | ‘ He had wanted to be a doctor since he asked for a medical bag for Christmas when he was six-years-old . |
| 12 | He said it was the government 's intention to privatize 30-40 per cent of state assets and he asked for a six-month moratorium on trade union pay demands . |
| 13 | Taking advantage of the discretionary powers granted him by the tsar , he asked for a treaty guaranteeing Russia 's right to a protectorate over the Orthodox Christians of the Ottoman Empire . |
| 14 | Yeah he asked for a bottle of wine . |
| 15 | ‘ How does it work ? , ’ he asked for the sake of British tabloid papers . |
| 16 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 17 | ‘ It is coming ? ’ he asked for the fifth time since they had broken away from the Baglietto . |
| 18 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
| 19 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 20 | Only one contestant appeared and at the end of the prescribed waiting period , the hour of nine he asked for the non-appearance of his adversary to be legally recorded . |
| 21 | With the minimum of props and the only gesture being a raised paw , he asked for the money for a cup of coffee , guv , sported a patch over one eye concealing a wound sustained in the service of his country , at the same time dragging a wooden leg fitted during the retreat from Moscow while maintaining that he had a bitch and five pups to support and did not know where his next meal was coming from . |
| 22 | In a Northern Ireland accent he asked for the manager 's office . |
| 23 | ‘ What exactly did he take ? ’ he asked for the fourth time . |
| 24 | Quietly he asked for the Standard and handed across his money between the jutting arms ; he did n't want any trouble . |
| 25 | As he asked for the latest report , Marshka thought about the policeman and the Englishman . |
| 26 | He asked for the divorce to be put off , which the King said was Mrs Simpson 's business , and he urged that she should go away for six months . |
| 27 | While one takes into account the concern of Calvin and the reformers for the balance between the light of scripture and the inner light and direction given to individuals an experience vouchsafe for countless times in both the Old and New Testaments also remembering our lord 's own use of silence in prayer and I believe the increasing use of silence in modern worship and may I also say how very impressed I was by Dr 's prayer at the opening of this assembly in which he asked for the guidance of God and indeed your own equally eloquent prayer on Sunday evening Moderator open to the prompting and leading and guiding of God 's spirit . |
| 28 | That was certainly the impression he gave to Taheb 's gatekeeper , a squat man with one wall-eye , who appraised him pessimistically with the other when he asked for the mistress of the house . |
| 29 | His Principal looked at him suspiciously when he asked for the day off , and he stuttered , ‘ She brought me up , you know . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Now , you 're sure you feel well enough to make a statement ? ’ he asked for the second or third time . |