Example sentences of "[noun] ask him " in BNC.

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1 Charley asked him .
2 One day Mr Brownlow asked him to come to his study for a little talk .
3 After he had told this tale at the hearings , Representative Tom Foley asked him : ‘ Those were not normal public actions , were they ? ’
4 When Madame Denis asked him why he went to such lengths , he answered , ‘ Esther , one should do like the good God ; from time to time one should go and live among His own . ’
5 The first hint that Hills might be interested in a group pensions plan came when the company 's Board asked him to arrange a formal briefing .
6 Acheson , as acting Secretary of State , may not have gone so far ; although just before the war began , when it looked as if Moffat was going to meet Ho in Hanoi , Acheson asked him to ‘ keep in mind Ho 's clear record as agent international communism , absence evidence recantation Moscow affiliations … and support Ho receiving [ from ] French Communist Party . ’
7 Newman asked him point-blank .
8 Burying her face in Luke 's chest to hide her blushes , Perdita asked him if he knew the Spanish for Super Tampax , and if they could stop for some on the way .
9 ‘ Have you sailed the rivers long ? ’ red-haired Darmid asked him .
10 Sir Henry was very unhappy about this , but Holmes asked him to help us by doing everything Holmes ordered him to do .
11 ‘ Gardening vexeth the spirit , ’ my dad used to say to me with a broad wink whenever my mum asked him to get out and cut the lawn .
12 Devlin asked him .
13 Melanie asked him .
14 Nutty asked him .
15 Nutty asked him .
16 ‘ Is that the official instruction , ’ Harvey asked him , ‘ or just a general directive ? ’
17 Yashkin asked him , referring to the contents of the folder .
18 And then Ward asked him what had happened to Iris Sunderby 's father , Juan Connor-Gómez .
19 The count puffed out smoke through his long holder as we shook hands , and then Paula Reece asked him , ‘ Vrin , be an angel and let's have a little piano music . ’
20 Nicandra asked him .
21 Mr Taylor claimed Murray asked him to go to Carlisle to get him some ‘ gear ’ and after some pestering , he agreed .
22 Later Patrick asked him : ‘ Do you believe in life after death , Stevie ? ’
23 William asked him .
24 The Master of Magdalene asked him whether he found it uncomfortable to wear the received garments of a bishop .
25 Pallister played for Stockton Sixth Form College and was with Billingham Town when a scout asked him if he would like to play for Grimsby .
26 Manville asked him .
27 ‘ So Angy asked him to pass her a knife while she was cooking something . ’
28 On that day , Sylvie asked him his name .
29 When Meredith asked him to pop out for cigarettes , he replied vulgarly , ‘ What did your last servant die of ? ’
30 The stranger asked him to promise one thing : ‘ Do n't stay in the job for more than ten years , because you 'll get stale .
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