Example sentences of "asked i [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two elderly Irish ladies , sisters , linked arm in arm , asked me where they were . |
| 2 | So when she asked me where we 'd be without him , my urge was to reply , ‘ Rich . ’ |
| 3 | The American captain of a supply ship was chatting to me one day and asked me where we were based . |
| 4 | After eating the piece of chicken dipped in cumin and saffron which he must have liked , he asked me where I came from . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 10 | Then she asked me why we treated social services staff differently from everyone else . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ I saw my bank manager at the end of last year and she asked me why I was spending so much on food . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
| 15 | ‘ While we were being taken there , one of the gunmen asked me why I was hanging out with white guys . |
| 16 | Nellie rounded on me angrily and asked me why I wanted to know . |
| 17 | A friend of mine once asked me why I always sought to heighten experiences , and could not be satisfied with the middle ground . |
| 18 | Also , some cheeky oik ( ca n't remember his name ) asked me why I never put any of my personal scores in this section . |
| 19 | When they asked me why I did n't have a British passport that 's when the immigration problems started . |
| 20 | This woman , an assistant governor , I think , asked me why I did it . |
| 21 | They asked me why I tried to do it — whether I was attention-seeking ! |
| 22 | She asked me why I tried to commit suicide . |
| 23 | I got there and they asked me why I did n't get there sooner . |
| 24 | Instead , she asked me why I thought I drank so much , and I told her why I thought I did . |
| 25 | My father asked me why I said these awful things . |
| 26 | ‘ What did you do in the war , then , daddy ? ’ they asked me when I returned . |
| 27 | He asked me when I wanted to do the interview , I was going out of the hotel and so we 'd do it when I got back . |
| 28 | Immediately she asked me when I might be free , but I was able to murmur , ‘ It 's a little difficult , Mrs Fawcett , until I get around a bit more and establish some duty rosters . ’ |
| 29 | They asked me how I wanted the neck and slits . |
| 30 | My in-laws never asked me how I was . |