Example sentences of "and ask [conj] she " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Headlined ‘ This Sick Idea ’ , the leader recorded the fact that Mr Clay was unaware of what Mrs Thatcher was trying to do and asked whether she had not realised that ‘ by seeking to reward the only general secretary who treated her with kid gloves , she would end up by blackening his name ’ . |
| 2 | Soon-Yi , a student , was tracked down at her college in New Jersey and asked whether she and Woody planned to marry . |
| 3 | Eliot summoned Mona and asked whether she 'd had access to the computer while working for MacQuillan . |
| 4 | They went into the boutique , Alyssia barely glancing at the racks of exquisitely made clothes , nodding distractedly in agreement when Nicole picked out an exotic pink strapless dress and asked whether she thought it would suit her . |
| 5 | She insisted on a cab to the conference centre where the dance was being held , and when they arrived escape came in the figure of a party agent , who quickly took Hyacinth to one side , and asked whether she would like to start the dancing . |
| 6 | I phoned me friend up you know and erm on Friday and asked and she said you do n't sound very well , I said I 've got a headache I said I 've had a headache every , cos I 've been on a diet and she turned round and said , she said you know she says it 's funny she says erm , you know what 's with us , what 's it with ? |
| 7 | We 're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen , illustrated by Helen Oxenbury ( Walker Books , £9.95 ) Winner of the Smarties Award 1989 After one reading , Rosa gave this large format , handsome book her highest accolade ; she briskly wrote her name in the front and asked if she could take it to school ‘ to show Olga ’ , her favourite teacher . |
| 8 | At that moment María Sanchez , her face embarrassed and alarmed , glided up to us and asked if she could have a word in private . |
| 9 | Jack called Sandra and asked if she would appear in a Corman film that weekend . |
| 10 | An Enfield clerical family took in a great-grandmother in her nineties for her last two years : ‘ she did n't want to go in a home and she wrote to my mother and asked if she could possibly look after her . |
| 11 | When she disingenuously called her mother and asked if she might stay in England to take a degree , her parents congratulated themselves on having saved their daughter . |
| 12 | I confessed to tiredness and asked if she was tired too . |
| 13 | Challenged after the meeting by our reporter and asked if she was not being a bit melodramatic , Dorothy said : ’ ‘ It is disgraceful that you have gatecrashed a private meeting like this , and reported on thoughts that have not been fully developed yet . |
| 14 | While I was waiting for him , an assistant approached and asked if she could help . |
| 15 | Later , just as the party was starting and Eva was discussing the origin of the word ‘ bohemian ’ with Dad , Fruitbat pulled out a handy pad and asked if she could write down something that Dad had said . |
| 16 | Then she went down to the cancer shop and asked if she could help them . |
| 17 | It was groceries , peas , baked beans and things , so I went round to somebody 's house and asked if she 'd like to buy the Weetabix because I wanted the money for a pie . |
| 18 | She went to the reception and a smiling woman in a white blouse and neat grey skirt rose up and asked if she could help her . |
| 19 | Plummer called through and asked if she wanted a drink . |
| 20 | It was nearly bedtime , but she rushed downstairs and asked if she could send for the parson . |
| 21 | Only later , much later , when Penman knocked and asked if she would like tea , did it strike her that she had no idea why Michael Swinton had really called . |
| 22 | He showed it to Patrizia Valesio and asked if she knew anything about the asterisks which Chiodini had pointed out . |
| 23 | When Rachel was finally writing up her reports at the end of the morning , Nina suddenly called her and asked if she could come and look at a young man who had come in with a skin rash . |
| 24 | The thief called at the house on east Merseyside with another woman and a man , and asked if she could use the toilet . |
| 25 | The thief called at the house on east Merseyside with another woman and a man , and asked if she could use the toilet . |
| 26 | A saleswoman came out from behind the counter and asked if she could help . |
| 27 | And now , here was Matilda sitting in the classroom with a curiously exalted look on her face and asking if she could have a private talk . |
| 28 | How about telling Veronica she had found something in rue Roland which belonged to her husband , and asking if she could return it ? |
| 29 | Could this be Leif , calling to advise that the Rocha kitchen would include her tiles and asking if she would confer with the solicitor 's wife ? |
| 30 | ‘ Do that , ’ urged Gwenellen , ‘ and ask if she knows why he 's never married . |