Example sentences of "ask if [pron] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked if he had ever told his wife or anyone else about this before and his reply was , ‘ No ’ . |
| 2 | Durkheim belonged to that contemplative school of armchair theorists epitomized by Sir James Frazer , who is supposed to have solemnly replied ‘ God forbid ! ’ to the innocent questioner who asked if he had ever lived amongst ‘ savages ’ . |
| 3 | I spoke to Michael at Adel and asked if he remembered how he felt that day forty years ago . |
| 4 | ‘ I asked if you felt morally comfortable with this assignment , Caroline . ’ |
| 5 | Nell smiled sweetly at his departing back and asked if I 'd ever noticed how important everything was to actors ? |
| 6 | There were these two outrageous guys , splashing about , and they just came up and asked if I 'd ever considered doing anything in the advertising world and I said , ‘ No . ’ |
| 7 | Oh , and he asked if I 'd ever seen Angy having any kind of disagreement with anyone and I had to tell him about that little contretemps with Mr Willard and young Godfrey Mellish . ’ |
| 8 | Several times it 's happened to me that someone has come up to me and asked if I 've ever done a play . |
| 9 | I know he was looking for Nicola at one stage because he asked if I knew where she 'd gone . |
| 10 | I answered Gwenellen with a non-committal ‘ Uh-huh , ’ and , as I now knew the subject was safe , asked if she knew when Bill Francis was due in Out Patients for his first follow-up clinic . |
| 11 | I asked if she had ever been to hear Billy Graham ; a bit unlikely I thought . |
| 12 | As the woman was weeping , I asked if she cried often about this . |
| 13 | Fran exchanged pleasantries with her , curbing her impatience before finally asking if she knew where Luke had gone , and went weak with relief when the other woman informed her that he had gone to the old college . |
| 14 | When you say , " Do you understand me ? " , you are really asking if you have successfully communicated to the other person what you had in mind . |
| 15 | I ask if they ran off . |
| 16 | Ask if they have ever been frightened at school and what frightened or upset them . |
| 17 | ‘ Do that , ’ urged Gwenellen , ‘ and ask if she knows why he 's never married . |
| 18 | Then a friend asks if you 've just been chewing a clove of garlic . |
| 19 | One of them is approached by Dustin , who asks if he knows where three girls live . |
| 20 | They were also asked if they had ever consulted a doctor about recurrent bowel symptoms or abdominal pain . |
| 21 | I was asked if I had ever thought about finding a flat and living up here . |
| 22 | In fact I broadcast that material , but I cut it into three programmes , and I , I cut in the questions I would have asked if he 'd actually given me a chance to ask them . |
| 23 | Asked if he 'd ever been arrested before , Mitchum replied , ‘ Only for speeding , drunkenness and disorderly conduct . ’ |
| 24 | When asked if he had ever tried it , Palmer retorted grimly : ‘ Only in the privacy of my bathroom . ’ |
| 25 | Brundle looks askance when he is asked if he has ever read the books of technical instruction in race-driving written by Pierro Taruffi and Alain Prost , among others . |
| 26 | We had lost the press buses and one of the Gofers , a merchant banker , came up to me on the tarmac to ask if I knew where they were . |
| 27 | Nation anxiously telephoned his agent to ask if she had formally rejected the Doctor Who offer . |
| 28 | I do n't need to ask if you slept well . ’ |