Example sentences of "up [coord] ask [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But whatever you do , do not send out a general mailing and then ring up and ask whether the recipient is going to use it or not . |
| 2 | There were some weekends when he would phone me up and ask if he could come round because he 'd thought of something new for me to do , and he 'd jump into his car and come all the way just to give me a new inflection on a word ! ’ |
| 3 | The shop steward then stood up and asked whether the management would be so kind as to tell him which men would be involved so that he could inform their wives now . ’ |
| 4 | Then one day the main guy who 'd been peeking at us turned up and asked if he could take some pictures of us . |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | Another time , in a French lesson , when the word falaise ( cliff ) was being discussed , he jumped up and asked if he could illustrate the word by drawing a cliff on the blackboard . |
| 7 | Eventually , thunder rumbled in the distance , and he looked up and asked if it was gun-fire ; when I said I thought not , he moved to the door saying , ‘ If Mr Colin recommends them , I 'll take all three ’ . |
| 8 | A minute after I got into the water a large woman in an orange bathing cap swam up and asked if I was a newspaper correspondent . |
| 9 | I then piped up and asked if anyone realised that a large number of British soldiers were also involved . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Suddenly Odd-Knut gets up and asks if we would like to go dog sledging . |
| 12 | Pitt stands up and asks if I want a full tour of the house . |
| 13 | Now that the shouting is over and the most homophobic piece of legislation for over a century is on the statute books , lesbians and gays are picking themselves up and asking if our involvement with local government was really worth the effort . |