Example sentences of "asked if [pers pn] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When we 'd finished I asked if we could wash up and run the errands but she said she 'd already been to the shops with her brother . |
| 2 | How many times had my heart sunk when I asked if we could go somewhere or try something new in our poems and he had answered with the excusing phrase ‘ I guess not ’ ? |
| 3 | I know Steve asked if we could go back to Thursdays cos he ca n't make a Wednesday night . |
| 4 | She asked if we could meet . |
| 5 | The boys asked if we could pay them some ‘ small money ’ to buy pens for schools . |
| 6 | Soaked with it and languid from the heat , with the scent of salt and sand still heavy in my nose , I asked if we could stop at the high slope of grass off Elderberry Road . |
| 7 | The treasurer asked if we could make an early start to the meetings eight P M prompt . |
| 8 | Concelebration Masses were becoming commonplace and Bishop McClean asked if we could provide 52 sets of white Mass vestments for use on important occasions with a particular view to the Diocesan Centenary Celebrations coming in 1978 . |
| 9 | ‘ American House and Gardens came to photograph the house and asked if we could provide 350 of these plates for their best advertisers . |
| 10 | We also asked if we could get the same consultation period because they are breaking it up at the four sites and some sites will get thirty days ' notice others will get the ninety days . |
| 11 | ‘ Frank Worthington had been due one and he asked if we could have a joint game . |
| 12 | Huge hairy warts were stuck on her face and the make-up artists asked if they could cover her facial hair in mascara , giving her an instant moustache . |
| 13 | When I asked if they could make me an identical one trimmed with black fur and beading instead , they were horrified but they agreed in the end . ’ |
| 14 | People we knew asked if they could leave their horse , Shamrock , in one of the fields . |
| 15 | but then they 've got er er said they they asked if they could rent his house off him until they got themselves sorted out . |
| 16 | So when Grandad 's uncle , Richard Tallentire , asked if they could bring Mother up , they agreed to let her go . |
| 17 | I asked if they could give me something for the pain . |
| 18 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
| 19 | And we decided to get lots of copies for all our friends that we have n't seen for a long long time so I asked if they could do them for me but I thought they would be back by now , well they should of been back ages ago actually ! |
| 20 | One of two women in the car asked if they could help me . |
| 21 | Roles contacted a local cricket club , told them he wanted to photograph a bowler in action , and asked if they could help . |
| 22 | She asked if they could explore the craft . |
| 23 | At that stage , the partners approached their bankers , NatWest , and asked if they could operate separate bank accounts for each office . |
| 24 | I called my mum and dad and asked if they could take me to the hospital . |
| 25 | Most of the Healthcare group asked if they could attend , and as Brenda says ‘ We ended up with the most romantic wedding you could wish for . |
| 26 | ‘ They asked if they could have some pictures , which I 've sent out . ’ |
| 27 | One day they asked if they could have an aquarium of their own . |
| 28 | Clare had accidentally metamorphosed into a baker ten months before , when David took some of her homebaked bread to friends who lived nearby : they asked if they could buy bread regularly from her . |
| 29 | ‘ He sat on the sofa with tea and biscuits and asked if he could watch Coronation Street . |
| 30 | He just asked if he could hide it in the museum . |