Example sentences of "asked if [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Frank Worthington had been due one and he asked if we could have a joint game . |
| 2 | and Joan came over she came over about a week or so after , not , not much more than a week , and she sat there and she said oh well yeah I 'll have one of your , he asked if we 'd like a sweet , she said yeah I 'll have one dad . |
| 3 | One morning a carter and his son were delivering a load of firewood and Grandmother asked if they would like a slice of pudding before they left . |
| 4 | All I was told is that you 're getting twelve months guarantee , but you 've got to have a three thousand mile service , and as the gentleman said erm I recorded the deliveries and sent them all back and on the third one , when I took it in I asked if they 'd put a new set of points in for me and erm unfortunately when it came out there was no compression at all and because because I it was suggested that I dug my heels in a bit and got an independent report and erm basically they told me to get lost because it cost fifty pound to do the report . |
| 5 | A friend treated her to a pukkah drinks-dispensing butler who asked if he might make a personal remark before teetering off into the small hours . |
| 6 | A hotel spokeswoman said : ‘ He booked in his family and we asked if he would do a turn . ’ |
| 7 | I asked if he would swear a statement to this effect if it were necessary . |
| 8 | I asked if he would like a coffee , or to be taken home , but he could only shake his head . |
| 9 | Just to satisfy herself that he understood how it was he was able to build out of the vertical , the teacher asked if he could make a bent tower with wooden building blocks . |
| 10 | ’ Carco asked if he could buy a painting , ‘ The Standing Nude ’ , and Zbo was so overcome with emotion because Carco appreciated Modigliani that he refused to take any money for it . |
| 11 | When I answered it , the hotel manager was there and he asked if he could have a discreet word with me . |
| 12 | After a short time he asked if he could have a whisky and soda , and when the ingredients were brought tried to pour a drink for the King . |
| 13 | My father , , who retired from two years ago , asked if I would visit a fellow pensioner — . |
| 14 | On 26 April I was summoned by Mr Baker to his office at the Department of Education and Science , and asked if I would chair a Working Group to prepare proposals for English in the National Curriculum . |
| 15 | The green one asked if I 'd like a vomit bowl . |
| 16 | I heard later from Michael Mills , at that time head of comedy , who said he liked the script and asked if I could do a series . ’ |
| 17 | As an afterthought I have remembered that when I worked in London in the very early twenties I once went , in my lunch hour , to the Temperance Hospital and asked if I could visit a patient , though I knew it was out of visiting hours . |
| 18 | I asked if I could have a fire arm , she said oh no , no , no , they |
| 19 | I asked if I could get a drink — anything . |
| 20 | Doreen Copas well recalls her meeting in 1959 with the Principal of Harpenden Evening Institute when she asked if she could start a movement class , and was told there was no real demand . |
| 21 | At that moment María Sanchez , her face embarrassed and alarmed , glided up to us and asked if she could have a word in private . |
| 22 | Darren ( 3.9 ) was pushing a friend in a large basket on wheels when his teacher asked if she could have a ride . |
| 23 | My niece was visiting for the day and she asked if she could have a drink of orange juice so I told her to go ahead and help herself . |