Example sentences of "ask if [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He quickly wrote to London to apologise , and asked if he might use Dr. Watt 's " Short View of the Whole Scripture History " , asserting that " the author was a Dissenter , and the introduction of it into the School is not likely to create any fresh difficulty " . |
| 2 | ‘ He sat on the sofa with tea and biscuits and asked if he could watch Coronation Street . |
| 3 | He did n't say , ‘ Get lost , Kraut , ’ but just asked if he could borrow Speich 's note-pad and ball-point . |
| 4 | My teacher , Mr Taylor , did tell us to do our talk on something we knew about , so I asked if I could bring Dawn in and tell the other kids about what I was doing . |
| 5 | In a voice that shook in spite of her efforts to control it , she asked if she could see Mrs Blessington-Dalrymple . |
| 6 | Mrs Whitehouse wrote on behalf of the NVALA to the then Home Secretary , Roy Jenkins , asking if he would declare Thorsen an ‘ undesirable alien ’ , to which they received a negative reply . |
| 7 | IN RECOGNITION of their expertise in stainless steel welding , Enterprise Engineering Services was recently asked if they could help Woodlands School in Aberdeen . |
| 8 | Sara had been a little distraught when Jenny had asked if she might bring James . |