Example sentences of "asked him [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just to show I 'm nobody 's fool I contacted a veterinary surgeon and asked him to examine the dog ( who was a year old ) to make sure it was n't sickly , had a leg on each corner , would n't keep toppling over , and had a head fixed on the right end . |
| 2 | When in Washington both Houses , in an extraordinary mark of respect , asked him to give the opening prayer as they assembled for the fifty-fifth Congress . ) |
| 3 | Seeing a young officer in the bar , the chairman bought Cooper-Key a drink and asked him to give the list a quick once-over . |
| 4 | It was soon after that that Tom the cabin boy 's Aunt Clarabel asked him to put the cat out . |
| 5 | Well , I could go to the casting and asked him to put the pattern in and fire it for it , to cut the sand out like that , you know so that the metal 'd run in like that and you 'd got the big head as you wanted , you know and er it 'd take you like castings with the machine and all that sort of thing , it was all hand stuff you know and yeah |
| 6 | One state Department cable to the US ambassador in Teheran asked him to remind the Shah the reforms were necessary " because it is generally agreed that without some reforms Iran as likely as Khrushchev predicted to fall to Soviets like ripe plum " |
| 7 | Mr Primakov asked him to remind the meeting that the Soviet Union wanted to attend the G7 summit in London . |
| 8 | ‘ Of course , why do you think I asked him to attend the opening of the store ? ’ |
| 9 | We asked him to explain the significance of ‘ Manifeste ’ . |
| 10 | Kalchu spoke to the dhāmi and asked him to call the god to the shrine that night . |
| 11 | He was ordained deacon in 1870 , and priest in 1872 , but in his first curacy he fell foul of both his vicar and his bishop for his heterodox beliefs ; the former asked him to leave the parish and the latter delayed his ordination . |
| 12 | His scores may not sound impressive but Clarke was obviously impressed by the Sheffielder 's effort against John Wisden , Hillyer and himself and asked him to join the ranks . |
| 13 | She asked him to hold the screen just where it was and she went round the back of it , out of his sight . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked him to get the UFO files opened . ’ |
| 15 | Well I asked him to bring the dust bins in . |
| 16 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 17 | Daisy found him by telephone in Harrogate with the news of Fred 's death and asked him to identify the body for her . |
| 18 | ‘ I asked him to hand the letter to you . |
| 19 | SINGER-AND-SONGWRITER Channi Singh had a dream come true when one of Bombay 's biggest movie moguls asked him to pen the music for a multi-million pound cinema extravaganza , writes Michael Tarat . |
| 20 | The hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood ( Mr. Wilkinson ) intervened in the Prime Minister 's speech and asked him to specify the Government 's aims and objectives at Maastricht . |
| 21 | One writer had the initiative to check with Muslim organisations when his publisher asked him to remove the term ‘ pig-out ’ . |
| 22 | Then I saw Linley , dozing in the printers ’ room , and asked him to deliver the copy . ’ |
| 23 | When I asked him to itemize the price , so I could add it up for myself , the total came to over £100 less than he 'd quoted for the bundle . |
| 24 | When one of the police asked him to quieten the party down a bit , Willis hit him in the mouth and screamed , ‘ Get the fuck off my property ! ’ |