Example sentences of "and ask [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go round and ask everybody in the area . |
| 2 | I visit many manufacturing companies and ask them about the state of their order books . |
| 3 | Having laid the groundwork of his interest , the politician had to be ready when election time rolled around again , and at that point an incumbent who could re-apply to constituents whom he had frequent occasion to meet , and ask them for a continuation of their friendship , without suggesting for a moment that any of them had a duty to support him in recognition of an implied bargain for past favours , was in a far stronger position than a man whose only contacts with his constituents took the form of patronage letters . |
| 4 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 5 | I think it 's unfair to anybody to show up with a tape recorder and ask them on the spot cos it puts them on the spot . |
| 6 | Phone Rich and ask him about the sound ! |
| 7 | go up to Lee and ask him about the letter that got |
| 8 | Daisy was screwing up her courage to accost Ricky and ask him for a drink after church when the Vicar launched into the final prayer about being made flesh , and she suddenly remembered the vast ox heart cooking in the oven for Ethel , which would burn dry if it was n't taken out , so she belted home . |
| 9 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 10 | And er anyway he come and ask me for a dance he did he goes , I 'm not much of dancer we did that one you know , what they call it ? |
| 11 | When you 've read it come and ask me for the disk and I 'll lend it to you . |
| 12 | Mrs Mrs rang me up and ask me about the one |
| 13 | His technique was to go up to one at a literary party and ask her for a cigarette . |
| 14 | Would you like to go to grandma and ask her for a cloth ? |
| 15 | After the meeting a lot of people wanted to talk to Karen and ask her about the last few days . |
| 16 | And ask her about the water heater cos if I ca n't take a shower I will stink ! |
| 17 | Perhaps we would fling pride aside and ask someone for the price of a cup of tea , actually intending to spend it on that . |
| 18 | Then we can return to the problem of persuading the giant to leave us alone and ask who in the drama has those qualities ? |
| 19 | No , they wrote and ask you for the exact date of day I started getting ability allowance . |
| 20 | Police have appealed for witnesses , and ask anyone in the vicinity of Mudchute Station between three o'clock and three-thirty this afternoon to contact them as soon as possible . ’ |