Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] ask if " in BNC.

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1 When ordering my lunches these days , I try to avoid the use of the term ‘ packed lunch ’ and merely ask if I can be supplied with certain items in a bag to take away .
2 The ferrymaster eyed Corbett 's heavy purse and slyly asked if there was anything else Corbett wished to know .
3 He was then , of course , in opposition and particularly asked if I might advise on what would be a sensible housing policy when the Labour Party came to power .
4 Where a presentation is necessarily complicated and lengthy , the salesperson would be well advised to pause at various points and simply ask if there are any questions .
5 I think they should get rid of the stigma in condoms , cos what frightens me is that in about ten years time my daughter will come and maybe ask if she can go on the pill and at least I can tell her no , use a condom there 's less chance of sexually transmitted diseases , but it 's my sons they wo n't come and ask .
6 He hesitated a minute and then asked if she would like him to examine her .
7 Mrs Kirkley ate one of Millie 's buns and praised it highly ; and after Annabel had eaten one , and then asked if she might have another , her mother exclaimed in mock sternness , ‘ Oh !
8 ‘ As for value for money , it was n't per se my main concern but reorienting it from an activity-based approach of what the cost of something was to VFM in terms of delivery to the patient — evaluating what we were doing well in the sense you or I as doctor-patient would expect , the outcomes of value to the patient , establishing how much it costs to deliver ( something we could n't do but are better at now ) and then asking if it is reasonable value for money or , more interestingly , why it is cheaper in one place than another , benchmarking it . ’
9 He did n't say , ‘ Get lost , Kraut , ’ but just asked if he could borrow Speich 's note-pad and ball-point .
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