Example sentences of "ask him [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Crangle had tried to persuade him all night not to take the Bookman away but all Mr Slipper had done was smile and ask him not to be so unfriendly . |
| 2 | That hand is proffered for a farewell handshake , and this time I ask him not to squeeze so hard . |
| 3 | He does n't kiss me , because I ask him not to . |
| 4 | Everybody that comes in — you can imagine the reaction — and you ask him not to do it and his language is appalling , and he goes on doing it . |
| 5 | One Lapp shows me his reindeer skin boots , and shrugs when I ask him why the toes curl up . |
| 6 | ‘ You could go and see Harry Short and ask him why Damien was riding his horse , ’ she said sharply . |
| 7 | Good-natured critics in the dressing-room wink and ask him why he saves all his best cricket for New Zealand . |
| 8 | When the children ask him why he has contacted them , he replies : ‘ for security and insecurity xor insecurity andor communication ’ ( 81 ) . |
| 9 | He must n't touch her or she would shatter to pieces , fall on him and ask him why he was ignoring her in favour of her sister . |
| 10 | Now they go and ask him why he is doing it . ’ |
| 11 | I sulk , I ask him why , but he simply ignores me . |
| 12 | I ask him why he did it he said oh well he has such a long name such a very long name spoils the picture |
| 13 | she say that , and she say that and she 's always writing your name over the books and everything , okay , oh yeah , you must ask him if he fancies me and love him and ask him why he do n't he phone me that often , ask him that , you must say , right yeah , but do n't tell him that I told you to ask him , yeah |
| 14 | Erm I 'm gon na , if it 's still there I 'm gon na ask Doctor and ask him why |
| 15 | And because she was n't quite ready to challenge his statement , ask him exactly what he meant , Ellie asked stupidly , ‘ Will she be happy ? ’ |
| 16 | ask him tonight . |
| 17 | All right I 'll bring in a sixty minute tape ask him tonight , okay and I 'll bring in a sixty and a ninety minute , okay . |
| 18 | He begins to read , beautifully , lyrically , with heartfelt empathy , a poem by Wole Soyinka in which the poet tried to rent a room in London in the 1950s , and the landladies on the telephone ask him just precisely how black he is . |
| 19 | Ask him anyway . |
| 20 | ‘ Then they ask him again , ’ continues Jancey . |
| 21 | ‘ Ask him again ! ’ he snapped . |
| 22 | So I ask him again : will he listen and will he think again ? |
| 23 | You know , and then if you ask him again he says , I 've told you once ! |
| 24 | Well , ask him again . |
| 25 | I stop this man in a black uniform and ask him where it is , and he shows me . |
| 26 | I stop this man and ask him where Bayswater is , but he do n't understand me and just shrugs . |
| 27 | Ask him where this Irina is now . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Would somebody ring Morley , Bob , ’ he said , scarcely opening his mouth to let the words out , ‘ and ask him where his copy is ? |
| 29 | He could remember the distant past and his family and friends , but ask him where he 'd just been , what he 'd had for lunch and which room he 'd just come out of , and he was stumped . |
| 30 | ‘ Ask him where the wine came from , ’ I demanded . |