Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | George Roman read me and after I 'd done the first reading he asked me about my own attitudes to the Part and then told me his as a director , which were completely different . |
2 | So they asked me to go away and come back again in a week which gave me breathing space and time at least to learn it properly . |
3 | Did you know , Paz asked me , that Thomas Aquinas was only four foot ten ? |
4 | Did you leave them there on the verge ? he asked me . |
5 | You do n't find it a sewer ? he asked me . |
6 | You feel you 've failed ? he asked me . |
7 | What 's the point of having a phone if you never answer it ? he asked me . |
8 | He asked me where a ladder like that could be found , and I took him round to the one that hangs on the side of the potting shed . |
9 | Carla asked me . |
10 | Carla asked me . |
11 | ‘ Did you get The Times Educational Supplement this week ? ’ she asked me . |
12 | ‘ How have you found us ? ’ the headmaster asked me — masochistically — one warm summer 's afternoon as we sat watching a cricket match . |
13 | ‘ So how did you end up here ? ’ she asked me . |
14 | ‘ How are you going to get to Italy ? ’ he asked me . |
15 | Kathleen asked me . |
16 | ‘ What was your big mistake ? ’ she asked me . |
17 | ‘ Where would you like to eat ? ’ she asked me . |
18 | Jenny asked me . |
19 | Jenny asked me as we got up to leave . |
20 | ‘ Ever thought of Colchester ? ’ she asked me . |
21 | ‘ What do you think , Dot ? ’ she asked me . |
22 | Sharon asked me over a slightly crackly line . |
23 | ‘ Well — Donald asked me to ask you — would you do the honours ? ’ |
24 | Playing as a child on the Paris pavements , my ten-year-old companion asked me , ‘ Why do you speak in English ? |
25 | The British official behind his high desk asked me numerous questions which I did n't understand . |
26 | When all I could reply were the two forlorn words , ‘ No English , ’ he asked me if I knew French . |
27 | She asked me if I was happy here and I sighed . |
28 | After eating the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron which he must have liked , he asked me where I came from . |
29 | He asked me that same question at the conference but , like Pontius Pilate , has not stayed to report my answer . |
30 | BOBBY CHARLTON , the former Manchester United and England forward , who is now a club director , made it clear yesterday that he would be willing to take over as chairman ‘ if the right person asked me ’ . |