Example sentences of "asked us " in BNC.

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1 They asked us whether we would consider releasing this record .
2 Hafpor tried hard , but eventually admitted defeat and asked us if we would walk a little .
3 My son and his wife often asked us to bring groceries and we bought clothes for Ben .
4 Ken Pitt : ‘ It was 1968 and David and I were going across to Germany quite often to do television shows and on one occasion , the producer whose name was Gunther Schneider , asked us if David would be interested in doing a half-hour programme with him .
5 Then Tony asked us to find him office facilities .
6 Yes , Joe must have been desperately lonely at that time , because he asked us to dinner the following evening at Chez Victor 's , one of his favourite restaurants .
7 Finally he asked us to pray to be forgiven for the times when we had misused our authority .
8 Doone asked us .
9 ‘ Nobody asked us .
10 I see from my files that you asked us to reserve a copy of the OALDCE 3/e computer tape for your the University of Edinburgh .
11 So Tarbuck asked us all if we 'd like an ice-cream .
12 Each Holy One has , in turn , asked us to listen within to the purest guidance that is our entitlement .
13 Asked us ower fur drinks and when we got there — I mean Ah 'd had a bath , splashed on some of the Givenchy for Gentlemen that Isabel got me for ma Christmas and got into ma designer tracksuit just to be casual like …
14 When emdy asked us was it getting
15 ‘ They asked us twice and twice we told them no , ’ says Jan Freece , the chairman of the committee .
16 Wherever we walked people asked us to treat inflamed eyes , limbs swollen by filariasis , and all manner of festering sores .
17 THEY ASKED US TO CONTACT YOU .
18 The driver of the first car that came by asked us for directions : we laughed and said we were flying , not driving !
19 Angela asked us for some help with her wedding day look , she had been growing her old hairstyle out but realised it was n't going to be long enough for her wedding day in September .
20 Mick had an idea that Bob Welch might be leaving the band and so he asked us to join .
21 ‘ It was a favourite of another record company called Intrascope Records , who asked us to cover the song .
22 He was just like he was in the very early days ; he asked us to come out to his house and have dinner .
23 And for all his fans over here , I 'd like to let them know that he called DJ and me aside then and asked us if we 'd be interested in doing a European tour .
24 She also asked us each to decide how many garments we could make in a week , not sewn up ( if we chose to do this we were paid extra ) .
25 She asked us to take a seat until called and while Kenneth readied the contents of his briefcase , I studied fellow patients , fabricating their life stories .
26 ‘ But they asked us to go on a picnic wiv 'em . ’
27 These people here are very over-careful you know , they just like to cover every eventuality so they asked us all to ring our families even though there is n't a thing wrong … . ’
28 Others we chatted with when we met them around the grounds , and some became temporary friends who asked us in for coffee or drinks , invitations which we pleasurably returned .
29 They asked us to go back to see a doctor from the Christie Hospital in Manchester in two days time .
30 She starts school on Tuesday and asked us if we were still all going together , which we are . ’
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