Example sentences of "[conj] ask [conj] i could [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I rang Peter from a callbox in Paddington station and asked if I could drop in to see him before going back . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I did n't want to stay so I followed her and asked if I could go along with her . |
| 5 | I wrapped my trenchcoat over the bulge and asked if I could telephone . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | Anyway , she told me to bring someone so I phoned and asked if I could bring you . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I went in , explained the position I was in and asked if I could see one of the rooms . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |