Example sentences of "and asked if [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women on the way to FAMILY 'S housework classes would be stopped by feminists and asked if they would like to do karate or woodwork instead ; new fiancées would receive congratulatory cards in the post , enclosing leaflets outlining the legal rights of wives , while their startled boyfriends got anonymous warnings to behave . |
| 2 | Gabriel knocked at the door and asked if they could give him a bed for the night and a bite to eat . |
| 3 | At that stage , the partners approached their bankers , NatWest , and asked if they could operate separate bank accounts for each office . |
| 4 | I called my mum and dad and asked if they could take me to the hospital . |
| 5 | Roles contacted a local cricket club , told them he wanted to photograph a bowler in action , and asked if they could help . |
| 6 | ‘ American House and Gardens came to photograph the house and asked if we could provide 350 of these plates for their best advertisers . |
| 7 | After a while , though , she pulled herself together and , leaving one copy on her desk , took the other down to the secretarial room and asked if someone could run her off two more copies , ideally before the board meeting . |
| 8 | On a night in early winter , one of those wild exciting nights with a brilliant moon sliding in and out of the racing clouds , Mrs Browning rang , and asked if I would go down . |
| 9 | ‘ He said he would be seeing Mr Moi in Bonn the following week , and asked if I would like him to set up a meeting with the president . |
| 10 | With that she lifted the latch , but before opening the door she turned to me and asked if I would like to go shopping with her . |
| 11 | I did n't understand what she meant by this but she smiled and asked if I would like to go to the ‘ flicks ’ the following Saturday . |
| 12 | On 26 April I was summoned by Mr Baker to his office at the Department of Education and Science , and asked if I would chair a Working Group to prepare proposals for English in the National Curriculum . |
| 13 | My first encounter with Kagan took place when Wilson telephoned me and asked if I would see him . |
| 14 | She told me she was pregnant and asked if I would baptise the baby . |
| 15 | She told me she was pregnant and asked if I would baptise the baby . |
| 16 | Well this woman came round last night and asked if I 'd take part . |
| 17 | One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons . |
| 18 | I rang Peter from a callbox in Paddington station and asked if I could drop in to see him before going back . |
| 19 | As an afterthought I have remembered that when I worked in London in the very early twenties I once went , in my lunch hour , to the Temperance Hospital and asked if I could visit a patient , though I knew it was out of visiting hours . |
| 20 | I did n't want to stay so I followed her and asked if I could go along with her . |
| 21 | I wrapped my trenchcoat over the bulge and asked if I could telephone . |
| 22 | I heard later from Michael Mills , at that time head of comedy , who said he liked the script and asked if I could do a series . ’ |
| 23 | Anyway , she told me to bring someone so I phoned and asked if I could bring you . ’ |
| 24 | I realised there were periods of time when this pool is hardly used , so I approached the management and asked if I could bring parties of residents here from Conway House . |
| 25 | I went in , explained the position I was in and asked if I could see one of the rooms . |
| 26 | A year beforehand , Chudnovsky , who was a collector from Leningrad , and a very well-known one , had been to see me and asked if I could help him . |
| 27 | I apologized for my behaviour ( you know how it is : a few drinks , a few laughs , you step out of line ) , and asked if I could buy her lunch some time . |
| 28 | The next day she went back to Branson and asked if he would renegotiate along the lines of the original Virgin proposition , for an 85–15 split in the shareholding . |
| 29 | She poured a glass of Perrier water for herself and asked if he would like to smoke some pot . |
| 30 | As I passed the bakery on my way home , Didier ran out of the shop to greet me and asked if he might accompany me . |