Example sentences of "ask i [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I have n't heard of anybody , ’ he said casually , ‘ but if the lawyers asked me they might have asked somebody else before …
2 He put it all into practice with The Clash When he got Joe Strummer into The Clash he asked me what I thought of him .
3 Once she told me about sending her kids to boarding school and asked me what I thought .
4 The first day I got back to work , my foreman asked me what I had gained in the last twelve weeks .
5 She asked me what the time was .
6 And you never asked me what I had been doing .
7 On one U-day last winter , a short-sighted neighbour asked me what the pretty flowers were .
8 Going down the second fairway he told me he 'd lost his yardage book and asked me what I thought his second shot was .
9 ‘ He came in to the shop and asked me what he should wear on the date .
10 He asked me what I was going to wear and said his mam had just bought him a new duffle coat and did I like it , ’ she says .
11 He asked me what was going on ; just then the coach stopped , and the man drew a gun and shot Lieutenant Lapointe in the chest .
12 I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about .
13 Then she asked me what I was going to do and I had to say I wanted to go with her .
14 She asked me what I was doing there .
15 I broke no more beds and when Humphreys , whose father was a market gardener , asked me what my father did , I said he was a football manager .
16 Thessy asked me what McIllvanney had wanted , but I said it had been nothing very much for I was too disgusted with the man to tell Thessy the truth .
17 Towards the end of our conversation he asked me what use I would make of documented evidence that the Japs in Burma had a far-reaching plan to destroy the Buddhist system of monasteries and monks .
18 He asked me what writers I liked and looked strange when I mentioned Paul Morley .
19 This morning Saskia asked me what sign I am .
20 You asked me what he was like , Mr Millet …
21 He just asked me what we needed and I said well a table .
22 We had gone two or three miles when he asked me what I did and how I came to be hitch-hiking .
23 After a time he awoke again and asked me what I wanted .
24 They asked me what it would be on .
25 ‘ Now , Creggan , you asked me what can be done for Slorne in these autumn weeks of change and frustration .
26 ‘ He asked me what I could say of you , Callanish , and I waited for your signal knowing that when he was wiser and ready I could tell him . ’
27 ‘ She asked me what I wanted .
28 Gaitskell was anxious to identify the ‘ mole ’ in this case and asked me what ought to be done .
29 He asked me what should be done about the action .
30 He asked me what rights he had as a father .
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