Example sentences of "[vb past] me if i could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The head of a training department for a big bank in the City of London recently asked me if I could help find him suitable conference locations . |
| 2 | In late 1976 , Radio Telefis Eireann , the Irish state television service , decided to produce a documentary on Lebanon and asked me if I could locate any films that depicted the country in the days of peace . |
| 3 | I got involved because his family live some way away and they asked me if I could make the arrangements , sort things out until they got there . |
| 4 | Hatim asked me if I could confirm a rumour , circulating in Baghdad , that Odeh , Saddam 's son , had given a birthday party for himself at which he and his 300 guests had all worn purple and drunk out of purple goblets . |
| 5 | He asked me if I could arrange for somebody thoroughly trustworthy to visit the premises , telling me that he had given the key to a neighbour . |
| 6 | I had been invited to 10 Downing Street for dinner a number of times and on one of those occasions Harold Wilson asked me if I could suggest someone who would go to Salisbury and meet Ian Smith in order to find out whether there was any basis for renewing negotiations . |
| 7 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 8 | ‘ He asked me if I could help and I said I could but , to be honest , I do n't know how easy it will be to get the things they need . |
| 9 | He asked me if I could wait five minutes . |