Example sentences of "[pron] ask [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.

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31 BECAUSE I AM INTERVIEWING DUDLEY MOORE to talk about his piano playing and his tour of the country with the BBC Concert Orchestra and his jazz trio , I ask him a question about his piano playing .
32 I ask him every day to get me a newspaper , but it 's one of those things where he sticks his heels in .
33 For goodness sake Thame United , please send me a fixture list , I ask you every week , there 's a chap on the phone — oh yes Mr Inotta , we 'll send you one , thank you for the excellent coverage , Fox F M sport is quite superb , but nothing .
34 ‘ Will you be offended if I ask you a question ? ’
35 company insurance , right , now before I ask you the company that we 're hiring the mini bus off , I 'd like a , er a copy of the
36 I congratulate my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister on his courageous stand against the 11 who opposed him , but may I ask him a simple question ?
37 ‘ May I ask you a question , Mr Cramer ? ’
38 ‘ Can I ask you a personal question ? ’ he said to his companion .
39 Could I ask you a personal question , if it 's not too rude — what do you think about when you 're lying in the bath ?
40 May I ask you a question — as a doctor to his invaluable assistant ? ’
41 Presently she said , ‘ I know I have n't earned another turn , all the same may I ask you a question , a semi-personal question ? ’
42 May I ask you a question ? ’
43 ‘ May I ask you a question ? ’ he says .
44 Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are
45 May I ask you a , a voting question actually on that ?
46 First of all , Mr can I ask you a question ?
47 ‘ May I ask you a question , please ? ’
48 Morse smiled to himself , and was walking over to the door when Stratton spoke again : ‘ Can I ask you a favour ? ’
49 Can I can I ask you a question and then direct the next one to Mr ?
50 Rod can I ask you a question ?
51 Can I ask you a que Erm it seems silly to me to call it anything other than by the name of the place where it is .
52 May I ask you a question on erm , the main question on the sixth .
53 All I can say is that in a period of two years erm of five , in that time there was five sets of redundancies at erm Hatfield , there are two occasions we were told that they went through it and agree with the unions that there 'd be no more for twelve months and one occasion there was another chap in three months , so if you believe anything that the P A E people there , you know , you really want to wear dark glasses but could I ask you a question , I understand that there is something going on at work with Richard at and my guess is , is , erm that sort of job which we are , there is some form of development plans going forward .
54 ‘ May I ask you a question ? ’
55 Well I 'm very interested in what you say er could you , could I ask you a couple of questions .
56 I says , can I ask you a question ?
57 Mummy , can I ask you a personal question ?
58 Right Craig , can I ask you a personal question about Craig ?
59 Can I ask you a favour ?
60 Can I ask you a rather difficult question ?
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