Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] and asked [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , while shopping in Fore Street one morning , he was approached by Timothy Gedge , who smiled at him as though nothing untoward had occurred between them and asked if he had come to a decision about donating the curtains . |
| 2 | As we walked towards an ancient Volkswagen she took my arm and rested too heavily upon it and asked if I 'd brought her anything from London . |
| 3 | Several times it 's happened to me that someone has come up to me and asked if I 've ever done a play . |
| 4 | A few days later Lord Thorneycroft , the Party Chairman , and Alastair ( now Lord ) McAlpine came to me and asked if we could stage another for the European Elections — three weeks later . |
| 5 | An upper-class homosexual-looking man with white hair and glittering eyes came up to me and asked if I wanted to go to a Black Mass . |
| 6 | He then turned to me and asked if I was signing a contract too . |
| 7 | With that she lifted the latch , but before opening the door she turned to me and asked if I would like to go shopping with her . |
| 8 | She turned to me and asked if I had spoken to my husband today , was he well , and the children . |
| 9 | ‘ About forty minutes before the train was due to arrive this man came up to me and asked if I 'd be interested in making five hundred francs . |
| 10 | One day one of the German officers stationed in Fontanellato , an Oberleutnant Bauer , called on me and asked if I could give him Italian lessons . |
| 11 | At that moment María Sanchez , her face embarrassed and alarmed , glided up to us and asked if she could have a word in private . |
| 12 | ‘ He remarked on me seeming worried about it and asked if I might be pregnant . ’ |