Example sentences of "ask someone " in BNC.
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| 1 | The answer , ask someone who had to be a true native . |
| 2 | Ask someone else to justify how much it meant to us . |
| 3 | A good technique is to have a flip chart or white board , divide it with a line down the middle and ask someone to write up the arguments for and against . |
| 4 | Perhaps we would fling pride aside and ask someone for the price of a cup of tea , actually intending to spend it on that . |
| 5 | Ask someone to check these for you if you are uncertain . |
| 6 | If you are not sure whether or not you are guilty of these or any other irritating mannerisms ask someone you know really well to tell you and consciously work to stop yourself when doing your mock interview ( see p. 61 ) . |
| 7 | I either leave her with someone that she likes and trusts , or ask someone to stay at my house and look after her . |
| 8 | What could you stop doing , or devote less time to , or ask someone else to do ? |
| 9 | Men are also able to gain the lion 's share of the floor in cross-sex talk because women provide them with ‘ hearer support ’ in the form of minimal responses ( like mhm , yes ) and questions — when you ask someone a question you cede the floor to them . |
| 10 | He would have liked to give more information , ask someone to research the final days of the tsar ; but he knew that would only have got back to the KGB , and in this game secrecy was the only key he held . |
| 11 | Erm so two pounds of that went with sale with the sale of the journal and so we can say we had twelve pounds unsolicited donations , erm as Peggy would back me up if she was here , saying that any time you ask someone to sign the flood gates open with what they thought about the position of pensioners , in fact we 've probably got a lot more signatures if they had n't , but erm , we did pick up , we , I picked up the news about Welwyn Garden City 's cost of and things like that not going through and erm , erm , now , our month our monthly , our monthly stall will not be on the third third Thursday this year , it will be on the fourth to co-inside with the week were celebrating pensioner 's week , which is a week behind National . |
| 12 | Ask someone who left your course and College some years ago . |
| 13 | Quietly but firmly interrupt him , and answer the question yourself ; or alternatively , deliberately ask someone other than Mr Know-All to answer it . |
| 14 | okay when you get those cut out you can just play with them just get used to the sizes and the shapes and erm make sure that you ask someone . |
| 15 | You can do this even if you also want to go and speak , or ask someone else to speak for you . |
| 16 | As with TA , unless you are fond of playing with computer programmes ask someone more expert to set up CC for you . |
| 17 | Or ask someone which line to take . |
| 18 | If you have any difficulties , ask someone you know and trust to explain them to you . |
| 19 | No Often when we ask someone do you understand , can you see what I mean , okay . |
| 20 | ‘ Ask someone else . |
| 21 | And everybo , when you contract out something , when you ask someone else to do something for you . |
| 22 | when you ask someone out , I 'm scared in case they might say no |