Example sentences of "ask [subord] i want " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mrs Wright asked if I wanted a lift home , then she went to that house , the one in the photograph . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When I said she did n't , he rang for his chauffeur and told me he was going to see her and asked if I wanted to go with him . |
| 4 | Eventually I went along to the British Association of Psychotherapists , where I was assessed and asked if I wanted to see a male or a female therapist . |
| 5 | My social worker who gave me advice asked if I wanted adoption or fostering , and I said fostering ( it was a white family ) . |
| 6 | The interest of the BBC 's Heart of the Matter was triggered by Newsnight and that , in turn , caught the attention of a researcher on Wogan , Mandy Nixon , who asked if I wanted to appear on the programme . |
| 7 | Mandeville still sulked in the hall whilst the old beldames in Southgate 's chamber cackled with laughter and asked if I wanted them to wash me ? |
| 8 | ‘ Only because I could n't work out how you were doing it , ’ I said , and she laughed some more and asked if I wanted to join her friends . |
| 9 | ‘ I could n't understand why the front door would not open and this young fellow appeared and asked if I wanted any help . |
| 10 | I was soaked from lying in manky bog-like horrids , stalking some half-witted bird around lava lagoons , and John asked if I want tea . |
| 11 | I asked because I wanted to know if I would be in a job if Sharon was in a position to employ me . |
| 12 | Pitt stands up and asks if I want a full tour of the house . |
| 13 | I am not even asked if I want a line . |
| 14 | I was asked if I wanted to go . |
| 15 | After I 'd been there a few months I was asked if I wanted to help out in the kitchen , which I did . |
| 16 | He declines and asks whether I want him to wait for me . |
| 17 | But , remarkable or not , this is what we say ; there is this language game in which what happens later ( 7–8 , 14 , etc. , cf. 100 ) is the criterion ( 22 ) of my meaning someone , or something : asked whether I wanted Jones to come , I answer almost as I answer a question about my present sensations ( 7 ) and yet I say , ‘ I meant you , not Jones . ’ |
| 18 | Dee-Dee drifted in and out , offering coffee and company , and Tremayne put his head in to say he was going to Oxford to see his tailor , and to ask if I wanted an opportunity to shop . |