Example sentences of "[noun] ask me " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't see the new dog till it was nearly six months old and its mistress asked me to call to treat it for a slight attack of eczema . |
| 2 | Albert as chairman asked me a number of questions to which he already knew the answers for the good reason that we had already gone over them in Fulham . |
| 3 | The Tourist Board asked me , ‘ Could you not write about real places so we can send people there ? ’ |
| 4 | Well , Ibrahim asked me to call in at Mohammed Fingari 's to get a package for him . |
| 5 | Now , the topic that Sheila asked me to talk about was skin care . |
| 6 | ‘ Yer Mum asked me to call in and clear away the crocks and tek the chairs outside ready ter goo back ter the mission 'all . ’ |
| 7 | Mum asked me to ice his birthday cake while they were out and decorate it with chocolate leaves which I had to make first . |
| 8 | Well I said to her er your mum asked me last night . |
| 9 | YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 . |
| 10 | But when I returned from military service in 1960 , my employers asked me to represent them south of the border , in that troutless land beyond Mr Hadrian 's Wall known as England . |
| 11 | Caduta asked me to come to an address in Little Italy at two o'clock that afternoon . |
| 12 | ‘ Is that your cousin ? ’ the prince asked me . |
| 13 | And a few months later the Prince asked me to marry him . |
| 14 | And then , realising that his presence needed further explanation , he added , ‘ Jim asked me to keep him company until his sister gets here tomorrow . ’ |
| 15 | Erm Jim asked me if we could pay up er as soon as the job had been done to help them with their cash flow situation district council . |
| 16 | Margaret Jones : ‘ I remember David asked me to get my dressmaker to taper his trousers and before long other members of his form were also getting me to taper their trousers , so I suppose in a way I was almost helping them to rebel against Mr Frampton . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ No , David asked me to go back for coffee but I refused . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Gem swindlers asked me to lie ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Beatrix asked me to keep her secret . |
| 20 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 21 | Mr Sangster said : ‘ When he came back , Pat asked me ‘ How 's your heart ? ’ |
| 22 | Well I 'll tell you right now I have got another builder on but he 's taken one of the er the slots further down but I 've got one I 've got a prime er the the estate agent asked me to contact you because there is a prime slot left . |
| 23 | Last night I was in a furious rage because Edward asked me to go to his home this afternoon , and he would show me some flowers and nests he thought I would like to see . |
| 24 | Very much to my surprise , Dennis asked me if I wanted to go instead . |
| 25 | I have n't been happy for the last few months and when an old girlfriend asked me out I went along and enjoyed myself . |
| 26 | Marie asked me to look after Satan , and I suppose that makes him mine now . |
| 27 | Boycs asked me at Headingley if I had a big car . |
| 28 | Kathleen asked me . |
| 29 | I , er are you both in effect asking me to adjourn to a date which in a moment will agree on |
| 30 | And now here I was , faced with a total stranger asking me whether I was Harry or Ray . |