Example sentences of "she ask [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked them for identification . |
| 2 | Johnson did not drink her proffered dram , but Boswell and the two guides did , and when she asked them for snuff , her great luxury , they had none , but gave her money instead . |
| 3 | She asked them about the child and they said they had just found him . |
| 4 | The 5 sins were such things as letting his Bible fall by accident , jumping about for a few minutes on the sabbath , forgetting that it was Sunday , and hesitating to lend his sister a book which she asked him for . ' |
| 5 | He became the rejecting father who never helped her , while at the same time she asked him to be mother and take over . |
| 6 | He 'd remember anything if she asked him to . |
| 7 | She asked him about his parents , how he became involved in racing . |
| 8 | She asked him about the beer kegs and he pointed to a flight of wooden stairs at the end of the hall . |
| 9 | He seemed distracted when she asked him about Island Trading 's reliability . |
| 10 | After that she asked him about MacQuillan . |
| 11 | When they were settled down with their drinks she asked him about the learned society . |
| 12 | And when he shook his head , she asked him in a voice fallen to a whisper , ‘ Who are you ? |
| 13 | only your mother was n't sure she asked me on the phone |
| 14 | She asked me to a cocktail-party to which I did n't want to go , so I said I had a cold which was n't true at the time but knowing my chest I guessed that I should have a bronchial cough at any moment and so I did . |
| 15 | She asked me about Mr Forster on the cruise and I told her about the salt . |
| 16 | She asked me about your novel . |
| 17 | She asked me about her sisters . |
| 18 | She asked me about him , and I must have said it was a boy , and he was resting . |
| 19 | She asked me about my love-life ! |
| 20 | The most beautiful moment was when she asked me for my recipe for Pavlova cake . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , she had deep and peaceful eyes , and when she passed me by she only smiled ; she asked me for nothing . |
| 22 | The woman was in her early forties and she asked me for £5 straight away . |
| 23 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 24 | She asked me for nothing more , she did n't want to cause me problems , but I could n't just walk away from her . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’ |
| 26 | And she asked me for the fifty P . |
| 27 | And er she asked me for it . |
| 28 | she asked me for my phone number last night . |
| 29 | And if he decided that he did n't want a divorce ? she asked herself with a small shiver . |
| 30 | Ah , but who , she asked herself with sudden foreboding , is going to cure you of Penry Meredith Vaughan ? |