Example sentences of "[adv] asked i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Certainly , madam , ’ I said , coming back abruptly to the matter in hand and , realizing with a shock that she had already asked me once , I fetched her a knife fast . |
| 2 | My boyfriend has just asked me to marry him and we are just about to break the good news to our families . |
| 3 | A little nine-year-old had just asked me , ‘ Jon , how do they do it ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I 'm not married — my sister Berenice is my only relative , but I 'm intrigued by your interest , though you could have just asked me instead of getting angry . ’ |
| 5 | Especially since you 'd just asked me about investing in your business … ’ |
| 6 | You 've just asked me that , and I 've told you ! |
| 7 | So you have to beware of blind alleys like that ; from personal experience , there are loads of these styles that no-one has ever asked me to play . ’ |
| 8 | The old lady looked at me in wonder and said , ‘ Nobody has ever asked me that before , but if you really would not be too cross I would rather you did not . ’ |
| 9 | No , nobody 's ever asked me , but I did say yes , but only because I want to believe it , I do n't care if the rest of you do n't , but I think its very important that you , you 've got the body that your born with and I think its very important just to go on with it and make the best of it . |
| 10 | I mean nobody 's ever asked me that question before . |
| 11 | It was the only serious favour he had ever asked me . |
| 12 | Matt Mantelow has also asked me to list some of the more common logic gates according to their function . |
| 13 | Pat has also asked me to thank those who gave their names to be pen friends and asks you to be patient as she is too ill to distribute them yet . |
| 14 | Mr has also asked me whether it is true that if I ca n't get what I want second best will do . |
| 15 | a number of my staff have repeatedly asked me the question , what is a project engineer ? |
| 16 | I remembered that I had promised to see her about some poems she had written and had nervously asked me to read . |
| 17 | And Dr Carrington had particularly asked me to disconnect him from the ventilator . |
| 18 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 19 | ‘ You have n't even asked me directly why I went for a walk with Flo this evening , for instance . |
| 20 | And my employers have twice asked me to stay on . ’ |
| 21 | The customer has specifically asked me to provide some additional data for our next meeting . |
| 22 | ScotRail have specifically asked me to draw to the attention of all concerned that : |
| 23 | Good morning , ladies and gentlemen , can I just give you er , Tony apologies , er , unfortunately he has to be in Paris today , I know he 'd prefer to be with you , but he has to be in Paris today , and since he 's good at delegation , he 's actually asked me to come along and and to talk to you . |
| 24 | Yes , okay , well look if you 'd actually asked me before we started , I could have actually found the number . |
| 25 | ‘ Smith seems determined to tell me what I want for Roy Aitken , when in fact he has never asked me . |
| 26 | He 'd never asked me that before , but in fact my religion had been important to me all along ; he only asked me that day because I had my head covered . |
| 27 | Perhaps it was something to do with our difference of opinion on the tee , I do n't know — but all through this championship Lee had never asked me to read a putt for him . |
| 28 | He has never asked me to read many putts ; he 's such a good reader of greens , and he says a professional golfer should putt by feel . |
| 29 | ‘ Although I tended not to write about her once we got to know each other , she has never asked me not to publish anything . |
| 30 | ‘ Stan Flashman has never asked me to come back , ’ said Fry ‘ I just turn up . |