Example sentences of "and asked [pers pn] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I phoned Annie and asked her to cancel both performances today , and those on Monday and Tuesday . |
| 2 | With this in mind , we searched out one of Britain 's leading exponents of the Gothic bodice-ripper and asked her to inject some life into the first ascent of the Eiger 's north face . |
| 3 | ‘ They 'd never heard of me , surprisingly enough , but they went mad over my work and asked me to do some portraits for them . |
| 4 | Dad kissed me on the forehead and asked me to make another pot of tea and he sat down in his chair and smoked a quiet pipe of tobacco looking happier than he had for days . |
| 5 | The Council commended the existing structure to the Secretary of State and asked him to re-consider this as an option for Lothian . |
| 6 | Er , if they say that er , they should be er , a balance or reserve put in by constituent authorities then we will have the money available to do that , if we did n't then they may have frozen the reserves that are already there and asked us to put some more money in as well . |