Example sentences of "if [pron] ask he " in BNC.

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1 If I ask him nicely , he will take a message for me , I am sure . ’
2 ‘ But the thing about Robbo is that he is a determined beggar and I know that if I ask him , he will say OK if he 's ready .
3 If I ask him about — ’
4 If I ask him to give Sidacai pardon , I will forfeit his favour . ’
5 ‘ 'E loves Rachel an' 'e 'd give me the top brick off the chimney if I asked 'im , but 'e 's a worrier .
6 Now , he does n't say anything about penis envy in , in putting that forward and I do n't know whether penis envy was in his mind at the time he wrote those words and even if I asked him today , he probably would n't admit it .
7 He 'd remember anything if she asked him to .
8 Bathsheba knew that he would always give his honest opinion , even if she asked him whether she should marry another man , and there was nobody else she could trust .
9 Perhaps if she asked him a simple , straightforward question she would receive a simple , straightforward answer in return .
10 But , when she suddenly discovered an urgent desire to know his name , she knew that she would only end up feeling foolish if she asked him what it was in this moment of parting .
11 If you asked him she ought to be put away for she was plainly off her trolley .
12 If you asked him ? ’
13 Bloody buggering shame if you asked him .
14 If you asked him a question you might not get an answer for a week .
15 If you asked him what he 'd rather have — a night wi ’ a pretty lass or a day wi' a Rolls-Royce engine , I think he 'd have had to toss for it .
16 Right now , if you asked him ‘ what next ? ’ he 'd probably say ‘ the hoovering ’ .
17 If you asked him where a particular coin was he would be able to tell you exactly where it was on display , even to where it was pinned in a case .
18 Even if you asked him .
19 But if you ask him to spare a couple of hours to help out at a St John Ambulance fund-raising activity or a garden fête for the church roof repair fund , he might find that a worthwhile thing to do .
20 ‘ He 's one of the lads , and if you ask him to do something he will do it .
21 ‘ Well , he 'll bark for you if you ask him nicely , wo n't you ? ’
22 Well do n't worry if you ask him nicely he might even make you a bacon sandwich .
23 so erm er or indeed it may be if , if you ask him or if you ask in the general office it may of erm tt it may have it may have been marked by now and so er
24 I 'll see how it goes anyway , but if you ask him
25 You know , and then if you ask him again he says , I 've told you once !
26 Present Arsenal chairman Denis Hill-Wood says : ‘ If we asked him after a game what he thought of so-and-so 's performance he would say , ‘ Ask me on Monday . ’
27 Where he got the drink was a mystery , and if we asked him , he would only laugh .
28 If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether .
29 When Sir Oliver suggests asking eight or ten per cent on the loan , Mr Moses says if he asks him no more than that his impersonation will be discovered .
30 If anyone asked him what had happened on a certain occasion he was n't able to tell them right off because he never put his memories into words .
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