Example sentences of "ask i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He asked me where a ladder like that could be found , and I took him round to the one that hangs on the side of the potting shed . |
| 2 | After eating the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron which he must have liked , he asked me where I came from . |
| 3 | He thought he should acquire a sober ‘ Anthony Eden ’ black Homburg hat and asked me where to buy one . |
| 4 | Two elderly Irish ladies , sisters , linked arm in arm , asked me where they were . |
| 5 | So when she asked me where we 'd be without him , my urge was to reply , ‘ Rich . ’ |
| 6 | Then someone asked me where the station was , and she was deaf , and I had to trumpet like an elephant for about ten minutes … . |
| 7 | So when the Sergeant-Major asked me where I hoped to be posted eventually , I told him the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes ; this did n't surprise him as most British recruits said the same thing . |
| 8 | Well , he could remember , and he was n't afraid , for he could remember even now … and Kraal began to speak ‘ You asked me where I came from , Creggan , and I will tell you . |
| 9 | In the event , the culmination of the relationship occurred when the telephone rang one day and in a suspiciously silky voice George asked me where I thought the Derby Cup was . |
| 10 | The American captain of a supply ship was chatting to me one day and asked me where we were based . |
| 11 | I am worried as well about the way you asked me where I went after we 'd arrived in Oxford because I did n't tell you the truth then either , I went to Holywell cemetery and went to the grave of a friend of mine . |
| 12 | ‘ I did n't know who he was , either , but he asked me where he could find you , and I told him I did n't know , and he said ‘ Are you new too ? ’ and then you arrived and … ’ |
| 13 | And if the only reason you asked me here was to inflict this on |
| 14 | ‘ Sir Alfred was at Goodwood that day , ’ says Rudd , ‘ and asked me why de Graffenreid was blowing us off . |
| 15 | ‘ I saw my bank manager at the end of last year and she asked me why I was spending so much on food . |
| 16 | He asked me why and I said I was reading a book called My Early Life by Winston Churchill and that I would want any son of mine to live that life . |
| 17 | Back in the changing room at the end of the period Alec Davidson casually asked me why I always put my shoes inside my satchel during the gym lesson . |
| 18 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
| 19 | Last time I stopped , my friend , Stan , asked me why . |
| 20 | ‘ While we were being taken there , one of the gunmen asked me why I was hanging out with white guys . |
| 21 | Nellie rounded on me angrily and asked me why I wanted to know . |
| 22 | On another occasion one child asked me why owls flew . |
| 23 | That did n't go down very well an' then 'e asked me why . |
| 24 | A friend of mine once asked me why I always sought to heighten experiences , and could not be satisfied with the middle ground . |
| 25 | Also , some cheeky oik ( ca n't remember his name ) asked me why I never put any of my personal scores in this section . |
| 26 | One day when we were vacationing in Santa Fe in 1943 my daughter , Jennifer , who was then 3 , asked me why she could not see the picture I had just taken of her . |
| 27 | When they asked me why I did n't have a British passport that 's when the immigration problems started . |
| 28 | This woman , an assistant governor , I think , asked me why I did it . |
| 29 | They asked me why I tried to do it — whether I was attention-seeking ! |
| 30 | She asked me why I tried to commit suicide . |