Example sentences of "when [pron] asked me [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
2 | ‘ When you asked me to come into your bedroom my heart was beating so fast I thought it was going to come leaping out ! ’ |
3 | Margaret was nearly out of her mind when she asked me to come out here to look for you , but that 's all in the past now . |
4 | I undressed her in her South Kensington hotel room and fucked her , only retreating to the safety of the street outside when she asked me to stay the night so that she could pretend to be my mother . |
5 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
6 | ‘ It was great when he asked me to join his band . |
7 | I was pleased when he asked me to do the test-flying programme for him and I had no qualms in agreeing , as I knew him to be a meticulous engineer . |
8 | ‘ And the promises he made me , Father , when he asked me to marry him , ’ she complained to Father Michael . |