Example sentences of "ask [pron] [conj] she " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had read about the benefits of regression , and asked me whether she could go back to her childhood and try to uncover any other hidden details which might be relevant . |
| 2 | ‘ How does Harvey know what I said to General Midwinter ? ’ she asked me as she passed . |
| 3 | But then she asked me if she could try it on . |
| 4 | Well , she was gone sixty by then , an' they give 'er ten yards of pink silk an' five pounds on 'er retirement day , and I asked 'er if she fancied makin' me sister 's weddin' dress to keep 'er 'and in a bit — 'ere , you ai n't ate your other sausage roll yet . |
| 5 | And then how would I have felt , she asked herself as she hurled the jeep down the motorway , finding that I 'd fallen again for a man as cold and hard as that — finding out when it was too late what he was really like ? |
| 6 | Rachaela sat on the chintz chair , and asked herself if she felt anything , any pang . |
| 7 | At Folasade 's school , asking someone if she was on the Pill was the way of asking her if she was sleeping with her boyfriend or not . |
| 8 | She was foolishly irritated by the lack of warmth and the slowness of the coals to light and all the time she was asking herself if she was completely mad harbouring an escaped criminal in her kitchen . |
| 9 | Write a letter to a well-known personality asking him or her to open your new shop . |
| 10 | To the chair reasons for my concern here and reason for my asking her whether she will now agree to a full investigation of this service at to be conducted by councillors and for the council to be satisfied that the service can be put right . |
| 11 | I began by asking her if she liked boys . |
| 12 | Her eyes swung back towards Marlin , who was asking her if she was all right , then back towards the street as brakes shrieked , and the failed assassin was struck squarely by a speeding car , which reeled round , wheels locked and sliding over the sleet-greased street , throwing the man 's body off the bonnet and over a parked car . |
| 13 | Then send a message to the guest , Mrs Jones , making sure it does not alarm her , asking her if she could possibly call at the manager 's office . |
| 14 | At Folasade 's school , asking someone if she was on the Pill was the way of asking her if she was sleeping with her boyfriend or not . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's asking her if she has brought the need-fire and she tells him that she has . |
| 16 | Probably he made some useful friends in Bremen ; Mina said he was always asking her if she 'd heard any interesting gossip at her musical soirées . |
| 17 | And now here was Rupert , asking her if she was hungry and would she like a sandwich . |
| 18 | He was asking her if she was with anyone , she registered . |
| 19 | They were saying about they keep asking her because she could be like page three models in the newspaper , she was like very even this really and then she just said I keep on going toilet and she 'd , she 'd then puke up in the toilet and she 'd come back and there were all these bite marks so her parents could see when she was doing it . |
| 20 | She asked everybody and she said will you come in on two to ten . |
| 21 | Mrs Thatcher later parried more questions when the Liberal Democrat Mr Charles Kennedy ( Ross , Cromarty and Skye ) asked her whether she felt her ‘ diminishing credibility ’ would be salvaged if she followed the advice of the former chairman of the Tory backbench 1922 Committee , Sir Edward du Cann , that a leadership challenge would clear the air . |
| 22 | The English representative on the board asked her whether she 'd like to work for the company in Switzerland , as resident copywriter ( for Jane was bright , though she despised the ‘ profession ’ ) . |
| 23 | He asked her whether she liked The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam . |
| 24 | After a while I asked her whether she was all right and she said yes . |
| 25 | I asked her whether she felt she could walk past them , giving them as wide a berth as the width of the pavement would allow . |
| 26 | I then asked her whether she would be prepared — in the safety of my consulting room and under my guidance — to imagine standing inside the cupboard and closing the door . |
| 27 | Now I asked her whether she felt able to imagine switching off the light in the cupboard , still leaving the door open to the hallway . |
| 28 | The ward sister had actually drawn her aside and asked her whether she did not think it would be a good idea to let her husband see his children more often in the future . |
| 29 | it 's like when she asked her whether she would change her hours from half past nine to six to cover the office and said no I 'm quite happy doing what I 'm doing and could n't have coped with the confrontation you see . |
| 30 | After I had congratulated him , I said , ‘ You mean you asked her and she said Yes to you at once ? |