Example sentences of "and [pron] asked if " in BNC.
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| 1 | We needed a Gofer to drive ‘ MiniMag ’ around the country and I asked if anyone could drive articulated lorries . |
| 2 | Sandy was going to the US and I asked if I could carry for him the next year , but everybody was asking so I did n't get very far . |
| 3 | Some weeks later my brother and I were passing through London , and I asked if I might bring him to see her . |
| 4 | When he told me that he had inherited the cardinal 's robes of his predecessor , Cardinal Heenan , and I asked if they fitted , he said , ‘ No . |
| 5 | Yes , when they was fitting them on the H M S Gothic they sent , they Birkenhead and I asked if they , so I stopped work , all Saturday and this , this er big er were it ? |
| 6 | ‘ I was n't too keen on two or three of the swear words , ’ he said , ‘ and I asked if I could leave them out . |
| 7 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 8 | The landlady was going out to see the workers among her hay some miles down the glen ; her man-servant ( the Hermit of Glencoe ) drove , and she asked if I would come with them as far as they went . |
| 9 | I showed her my book of poems , ‘ The Grimm Sisters ’ , and she asked if I 'd like to work with a choreographer on a ‘ dance piece ’ which would be a grown-up Christmas show with words and music and story , but mainly dance . |
| 10 | The blonde lady , Mrs Johnson , whose daughter Hank regarded as little better than a.streetwalker , found herself appointed chairman of the subcommittee , and she asked if Mrs Stych and the president , the hawk-faced wife of a real estate man , would serve with her . |
| 11 | My niece was visiting for the day and she asked if she could have a drink of orange juice so I told her to go ahead and help herself . |
| 12 | He gave her some more champagne and she asked if he had children . |
| 13 | A hotel spokeswoman said : ‘ He booked in his family and we asked if he would do a turn . ’ |
| 14 | I went to a meeting and they asked if I would try to get them contacts from the West , ’ said Mrs Charlton . |
| 15 | When I answered it , the hotel manager was there and he asked if he could have a discreet word with me . |
| 16 | Another time I passed a colleague in the corridor , and he asked if I 'd like to go to his wedding . |
| 17 | Oh , and he asked if I 'd ever seen Angy having any kind of disagreement with anyone and I had to tell him about that little contretemps with Mr Willard and young Godfrey Mellish . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Frank Worthington had been due one and he asked if we could have a joint game . |