Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] asked me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He had already contacted the police and when they came they asked me to look after the children so we sat in the car . |
| 2 | The first morning we met you asked me to show you the way to the matriculation class , putting a very strong stress on the first syllable . |
| 3 | a ) Heres that book you asked me to bring ( The fact that you asked me to bring it is not new. ) b ) Ive got to take the dog for a walk ( ‘ For a walk ’ is by far the most probable thing to follow ‘ I 've got to take the dog ’ ; if the sentence ended with ‘ to the vet ’ the tonic syllable would probably be ‘ vet ’ . ) |
| 4 | I should have spoken to you this afternoon about the stock footage you asked me to follow up on . |
| 5 | Erm I did that work you asked me to do . |
| 6 | And er you know she asked me to cut it for her so I cut it for her . |
| 7 | ‘ You remember you asked me to see if I could find out who it was that had sent that news item about Leila in to Al-Liwa . ’ |
| 8 | I know he asked me to stay but I wanted more for some reason . ’ |
| 9 | When I had finished she asked me to place a banknote in front of her and say ‘ lesedi ’ which means ‘ illumination ’ . |