Example sentences of "he ask [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Marek saw the headstone for the first time no one in the neighbourhood whom he asked knew anything about the man who had been buried there . |
| 2 | Because of his inexperience and the firing of the two previous directors , he asked to do it under another name , not wanting to take the rap for a flop . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not going in there , am I ? ! ’ he asked pointing nervously to the basket . |
| 4 | He asked Hitching to find out whether this could be detected scientifically . |
| 5 | It was the way he asked get a cloth , that 's what he was saying , I was howling . |
| 6 | I had written to Joe Ackerley about Dana , and how we were writing poems together , and he asked to see some examples of this unusual collaboration . |
| 7 | Even Moses , when he asked to see God 's glory , was told , ‘ You can not see my face ; for man shall not see me and live ’ ( Exod. |
| 8 | Anyway , the day came when he asked to see Jimmy and me . |
| 9 | He asked to see his social services file and eventually the local authority agreed , provided the donors of information consented . |
| 10 | He asked to see Laura , but was told that she had no wish to see him . |
| 11 | When he asked to see her in his study , a few days after her return from Blaworth , she feared the worst . |
| 12 | He asked to see the images in the church , of which there was so much talk . |
| 13 | He asked to see the officer involved in the investigation of the earlier charge . |
| 14 | He asked to see the horse and they took him to the stable . |
| 15 | He was working until the evening of the following day , but he asked to take me out again and I said it would be delightful . |
| 16 | He asked to go to the most demanding area and ended up in Smallhealth and Sparkbrook with a case load of up to 60 children . |
| 17 | He was given a scan at the hospital 's radiology department and once his treatment was finished he asked to go to the toilet . |
| 18 | ‘ First he asked to go to the toilet . |
| 19 | " Having fun ? " he asked looking down on her . |
| 20 | On one occasion he asked Paddick out for dinner . |
| 21 | He asked to speak confidentially with Ron Bullough , the Chief Scientist of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority ( UKAEA ) whose office is at Harwell , on the grounds that he ( Fleischmann ) had something ‘ very important that might require a major decision ’ . |
| 22 | As Dr. Bonnard had gone over to Rendlesham Hospital he asked to speak to Mr. Malone . |
| 23 | He stopped in front of her , and nodded , in salute.Then , addressing her formally as if she were a grown woman , he asked to accompany her . |
| 24 | Bigwig he asked to bring up the rear . |
| 25 | But when he asked to bring Bobby Hunt he was careful to explain why : ‘ He 's quite talented and would enjoy making drawings so enormously , as he never seems to get out of town : please do n't hesitate to say no if it would be akward [ sic ] , he 's only about eighteen and quite manageable , and we will bring some food … ’ |
| 26 | Who 's trying to swindle you this time ? ’ he asked smiling wryly — his job had made him cynical . |
| 27 | The way in which he asked suggested that he did in fact think that Fiver was likely to know better than himself , and it was clear from Fiver 's reply that this was accepted between them . |
| 28 | He asked to switch her mind to something else , and because it was essential to leave the autobahn after what had just happened . |
| 29 | He asked to buy it . |
| 30 | What 's he asking to record a vote , the the this is on the main motion , could could I ask you to keep quiet just while we 're doing the voting please cos it 's very difficult to hear . |