Example sentences of "asked if she [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | She asked if she might sit awhile and read a book . |
| 2 | When she disingenuously called her mother and asked if she might stay in England to take a degree , her parents congratulated themselves on having saved their daughter . |
| 3 | Other women ceased to exist for Edouard ; he gently terminated his affair with Clara Delluc , and Isobel , knowing this woman had meant more to him than any of the others , asked if she might meet her ; she did , and the two women became friends . |
| 4 | Next day a great buzzard asked if she might join them . |
| 5 | Mrs Kirkley ate one of Millie 's buns and praised it highly ; and after Annabel had eaten one , and then asked if she might have another , her mother exclaimed in mock sternness , ‘ Oh ! |
| 6 | she asked if she might try it on — and several more . |
| 7 | Jack called Sandra and asked if she would appear in a Corman film that weekend . |
| 8 | Then , last summer , Claudia our Italian friend stayed with us and Jeane asked if she would like to come to the Community Church . |
| 9 | He hesitated a minute and then asked if she would like him to examine her . |
| 10 | Sue said a lorry from the area would be going to Brasov and without stopping to think , Christine asked if she would like to take some wool . |
| 11 | Only later , much later , when Penman knocked and asked if she would like tea , did it strike her that she had no idea why Michael Swinton had really called . |
| 12 | Before I left , I asked if she would come to see me one day . |
| 13 | Again Donna asked if she should drive but Julie merely shook her head . |
| 14 | After a while Bridget asked if she 'd like to see over the house , and Kevin 's room , which he 'd shared with Shamus , of course . |
| 15 | It was groceries , peas , baked beans and things , so I went round to somebody 's house and asked if she 'd like to buy the Weetabix because I wanted the money for a pie . |
| 16 | Although Great Britain and Ireland was being hammered on this occasion Jane felt so tight and tense at lunchtime on the second day that she asked if she could stand down . |
| 17 | Doreen Copas well recalls her meeting in 1959 with the Principal of Harpenden Evening Institute when she asked if she could start a movement class , and was told there was no real demand . |
| 18 | But one day she asked if she could stay out the whole day , and away she went on her little pony , with her two dogs running behind . |
| 19 | I asked if she could show me his works from the Twenties . |
| 20 | It was nearly bedtime , but she rushed downstairs and asked if she could send for the parson . |
| 21 | We were completely thrown when one woman asked if she could bring her daughter to the next session . |
| 22 | ‘ Take it , ’ the woman had replied when Loretta asked if she could borrow it . |
| 23 | The Queen had already heard rumours about the couple 's problems — but it really sank home just a year ago when Sarah asked if she could talk to her about ‘ a very personal matter ’ . |
| 24 | Our club members had been knitting cushions for charity and at the beginning of question time Georgie asked if she could tell the story of her cushion . |
| 25 | ‘ Jo asked if she could go out and I just told her not to be late , ’ she said . |
| 26 | When Rachel was finally writing up her reports at the end of the morning , Nina suddenly called her and asked if she could come and look at a young man who had come in with a skin rash . |
| 27 | Later , just as the party was starting and Eva was discussing the origin of the word ‘ bohemian ’ with Dad , Fruitbat pulled out a handy pad and asked if she could write down something that Dad had said . |
| 28 | She recalls that she met her ex-husband , cameraman Danny Mindel , on a plane going to the Seychelles and , after chatting for ages , asked if she could kiss him : ‘ And when I kissed him I knew I was going to marry him . ’ |
| 29 | At that moment María Sanchez , her face embarrassed and alarmed , glided up to us and asked if she could have a word in private . |
| 30 | Darren ( 3.9 ) was pushing a friend in a large basket on wheels when his teacher asked if she could have a ride . |