Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [conj] i [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I never met them but I 'll keep that ring all my life . ’ |
| 2 | it 's er does n't actually affect me but I can hear it . |
| 3 | He asked me whether I would prefer to see Bologna and spend the night there , or to drive directly to Verona . |
| 4 | Pleadingly , he asked me whether I could think of anything . |
| 5 | About midday on 29th. the Navy in Malta suddenly asked me whether I could search along the Greek coast for the remnants of the Italian Fleet which was believed to be escaping northwards . |
| 6 | She asked me whether I could help her to remember the events of that dreadful night . |
| 7 | While I was sitting there , sipping my glass of hot , sweet Indian tea , I was approached by a shifty-looking man who asked me whether I could help him ; he had seen me with my camera ; could I help him mend his ? |
| 8 | She asked me if I would speak to the police for her . |
| 9 | She came to me one day and asked me if I would stand for the council , which I did . |
| 10 | Anyway , I gave him the gist of what had happened and he asked me if I would let him know if we found her . ’ |
| 11 | By this time David had started up the Arts Lab and asked me if I would teach street theatre and improvisation there , so I was destined to go to Beckenham . ’ |
| 12 | One Christmas when Macmillan was in his eighties his grand-son Alexander ( Maurice 's son and the present Lord Stockton ) , who looked after the old boy in many ways , asked me if I would read the eighth of nine lessons at a carol service in a London church in aid of dependants of the Publishers Association . |
| 13 | ‘ I had a phone call from Mr. Mendelson. ’ — the solicitor — ‘ He asked me if I would agree to accept half of the stock of Mr. Mahmoud on condition that I would not go to court against him . |
| 14 | She seemed flabbergasted , but rallied and asked me if I would look in at the Gray Mare in Kilburn and say ‘ hello ’ to her son Joe Kelly who worked there . |
| 15 | However , decided to leave the group , so Mr Hooper asked me if I would play keyboard . |
| 16 | Then she asked me if I would have ice in it . |
| 17 | She hesitated for a moment , then said , ‘ I met Sid Watkins in Berkeley today and he asked me if I would like to go to the Licensed Victuallers Dinner at the Princes Hotel with him tonight . |
| 18 | ‘ When we stopped at traffic lights , Warren took hold of my hand and said that he was becoming more attached to me and asked me if I would like to go out for dinner the next day . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Bev asked me if I would like a drink . |
| 20 | Gramps asked me if I would come and return them , together with the statue , because he thought your mother would like to have them , and so I did ! |
| 21 | It was in consequence of that wish that Jennie Lee asked me if I would chair a committee on London Orchestras , which in fact I did , and whose findings I describe later . |
| 22 | In late 1976 , Radio Telefis Eireann , the Irish state television service , decided to produce a documentary on Lebanon and asked me if I could locate any films that depicted the country in the days of peace . |
| 23 | He asked me if I could arrange for somebody thoroughly trustworthy to visit the premises , telling me that he had given the key to a neighbour . |
| 24 | I had been invited to 10 Downing Street for dinner a number of times and on one of those occasions Harold Wilson asked me if I could suggest someone who would go to Salisbury and meet Ian Smith in order to find out whether there was any basis for renewing negotiations . |
| 25 | Hatim asked me if I could confirm a rumour , circulating in Baghdad , that Odeh , Saddam 's son , had given a birthday party for himself at which he and his 300 guests had all worn purple and drunk out of purple goblets . |
| 26 | I got involved because his family live some way away and they asked me if I could make the arrangements , sort things out until they got there . |
| 27 | He asked me if I could wait five minutes . |
| 28 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 29 | The head of a training department for a big bank in the City of London recently asked me if I could help find him suitable conference locations . |
| 30 | ‘ He asked me if I could help and I said I could but , to be honest , I do n't know how easy it will be to get the things they need . |