Example sentences of "so i ask [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 He says he is n't , so I ask him if I can caddie for him .
2 I am grateful to my hon. Friend for his intervention — although anything that the Government nationalise they may flog off at a profit at a later date , so I ask him to keep an eye on the situation .
3 I think she 's pulling my leg , so I ask her again .
4 There was a nice-looking American at the next table , however , so I asked him whether he was a drug-fiend , dealing in human misery , in which case , I said , I 'd like some Ecstasy .
5 Jackie agreed , so I asked him why constructors like Mayer and Ecclestone so looked down on drivers .
6 However , he already knew Joy and Alan , and the kettle was boiling , so I asked him to sit down , and would he like to join us in a coffin ?
7 I reckoned it to be about nine months , so I asked him how long it had been .
8 At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further .
9 ‘ He was simply unable to make the decision so I asked him , ‘ What do you want from your life ? ’
10 He wanted to know why , so I asked him how much he knew about me .
11 I learned that he was going to London early on the following day , so I asked him to meet me before he went .
12 ‘ I could n't for the life of me remember the English name for this vehicle and certainly did n't know what the Russian name was , so I asked him what he would call it . ’
13 We retired to bed a little more hopeful that some glimmer of light had been shown but , just before I fell asleep , I realised Benjamin had n't answered my question about disliking Vauban , so I asked him again .
14 Soon it was just clumps and permanently itchy so I asked them to shave it off .
15 At this point a friend of mine appeared , whose house is nearby , so I asked her to call the vet and to bring me a couple of bandages to keep the flies off until the vet arrived .
16 Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she
17 I wanted to hear more of her life so I asked her why she had left London to come to Birmingham .
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