Example sentences of "ask [subord] i [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked although I had already decided that Harvey was a little drunk . |
| 2 | ‘ I got a call from a cop who asked if I owned it . |
| 3 | If I asked if I asked you to compile a list of advertisers of companies and businesses who you think will advertise in a medical practice booklet you may you may list out twenty five . |
| 4 | One tentative voice asked if I meant ‘ deprived women like those of the East End ’ , but this too was slapped down by others — ‘ in these days of inflation , are n't we all deprived ? ’ |
| 5 | Somehow we managed , and the director asked if I thought there was any chance of the weather worsening so that the boat would heel a little more . |
| 6 | The initial interview with an MD seven years my junior was largely comfortable and amicable apart from the minor irritant when he asked if I thought I could relate to young people in the office . |
| 7 | On Wednesday I met Mrs Matthews in the street and she asked if I 'd taken the cat to the vet and I admitted that I had n't . |
| 8 | Nell smiled sweetly at his departing back and asked if I 'd ever noticed how important everything was to actors ? |
| 9 | 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Mum and Dad were dozing in their chairs but Dad opened his eyes as I sat down and asked if I 'd enjoyed the picture . |
| 11 | But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ? |
| 12 | ‘ Because , three months ago , Heather telephoned me and asked if I 'd taken Clare to the Skein of Geese a couple of weeks before her death . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | You asked if I 'd got it that 's how I got it , knew what it was |
| 16 | He asked if I had a caftan he could borrow . |
| 17 | She asked if I had heard from you and said that she wished to read the novel you were writing , and I 'm afraid I said I thought you were writing it . |
| 18 | She turned to me and asked if I had spoken to my husband today , was he well , and the children . |
| 19 | When I said I was , she asked if I had access to the satellite telephone , the only means of making an international call since the phone system had been destroyed in January . |
| 20 | The porter asked my name and when I gave it , asked if I had a relative called Charles Rocke . |
| 21 | However , shortly before the List 's publication , I received a visit from Harold Evans , then the editor of the Sunday Times , who came to breakfast and rather slyly asked if I had seen it ; to which I replied that I had not seen it and knew nothing of its contents . |
| 22 | He asked if I had enough of those for a whole album , because he felt it would make quite an original debut , to do only music taken from other instruments , rather than something from the standard guitar repertoire . |
| 23 | In a typically Chinese way , when I was discharged , the doctor who had treated me escorted me to the car , and shook hands and asked if I had any complaints , as he knew the hospital left plenty of room for improvement . |
| 24 | Finally after more tests , a nurse , not a doctor , asked if I had used tampons . |
| 25 | On my negative but friendly response they asked if I knew I was trespassing . |
| 26 | I know he was looking for Nicola at one stage because he asked if I knew where she 'd gone . |
| 27 | Three quite different and perfectly compassionate journalistic colleagues , on learning of this interview , asked if I found him ‘ unsympathetic ’ , ‘ slippery ’ , ‘ obnoxious ’ . |
| 28 | The pink one gave me a bottle of painkillers and the blue one asked if I needed my hair or make-up re-touched . |
| 29 | The neighbours complained and when he asked if I minded , I said I loved the kennel and hated the dog . |
| 30 | Still , Melissa was pleasant enough and said Hello and asked if I minded driving them back to the village . |