Example sentences of "just asked " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had just asked butterfly ecologist Marney Hall whether , since butterflies are getting scarce in this country , a garden like this would really work . |
| 2 | They may whine and cry ; sputter about everything ; not know what they want and are never satisfied , capriciously rejecting the things they have just asked for and such a temper . |
| 3 | ‘ How do you make a karaso ? ’ said Kalchu , repeating the question I 'd just asked him . |
| 4 | My boyfriend has just asked me to marry him and we are just about to break the good news to our families . |
| 5 | ‘ But because when we join up it will be on the back of a full weekend 's fixtures of FA Cup matches — and by that time they will have played 15 games for their clubs — I 've just asked them to keep a little compartment in their minds about England . |
| 6 | Masklin had just asked the same question . |
| 7 | ‘ He said he was just asked to do a job — and it 's working . ’ |
| 8 | I 've just asked Kurt whether the heroin rumours are true — to which he 's laughed , said ‘ No ! ’ and made me feel his arms for any tell-tale scars or holes , though obviously shooting up is n't the only way to take smack and to be honest I 'm not sure I knew what I was meant to be looking for , but still , it 's an impressive gesture at the very least — when Anton walks in with a woman I recognise as Susan Silver , manager of Soundgarden . |
| 9 | A little nine-year-old had just asked me , ‘ Jon , how do they do it ? ’ |
| 10 | She records that he was somewhat surprised when she announced that she had ‘ just asked for them ’ ! |
| 11 | I 've just asked Sister . |
| 12 | He pulls a face as if he 's just sat on a chicken , as Peter Cook has just asked him what 's the most boring job he 's ever had . |
| 13 | These are just examples of er of of of question of answers to questions Burn asks the question which I 've just asked , why then does low turn out persist , cos he 's just made the point above that there are big issues in local government . |
| 14 | I 've just asked Sue , I 'm sure you wrote this with the full support of your staff ? |
| 15 | Before the trial , the Sunday Times had just asked him to pose for the fashion pages of their magazine , wearing tough-guy togs . |
| 16 | Well I have n't I would n't say I 've done it , I 've just asked them to make |
| 17 | Charles has just asked Sophia to marry him . |
| 18 | Blanche had just asked him for permission to approach the secret services formally and inspect their files on Graham Mills . |
| 19 | No one was placed except the nine of us who were sitting at Robin 's table , and we were just asked quietly when we went in ‘ to go to the table with the birthday cake on it ’ . |
| 20 | Cos I er I 've just asked , they have n't found them yet . |
| 21 | Cos she showed up , a lot of them show tendency at home or er say some of the ones she 's just asked us to see in the office anyway . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not married — my sister Berenice is my only relative , but I 'm intrigued by your interest , though you could have just asked me instead of getting angry . ’ |
| 23 | In a mild voice he had just asked the porter to come up , with some story about a tap dripping in the kitchen . |
| 24 | Especially since you 'd just asked me about investing in your business … ’ |
| 25 | You lose your confidence because you never know whether you 've just asked that question or whether you are simply talking out-of-date rubbish . |
| 26 | Islington could have saved its council and charge payers a great deal of money if it had just asked the advice of a local geography teacher and been told that it is better to go to France to learn French . |
| 27 | And here they were , nearly twenty-odd children , gaping back at him as if he had just asked them to run through the periodic table . |
| 28 | We 're not told and it does n't say on your ballot paper please be sure to remember you 're voting on what you think is right rather than what is in your personal interest , you were just asked to vote . |
| 29 | Just just er just so I can be absolutely sure about that I think I 'm say I 'm asking the same thing that the senior inspector 's just asked . |
| 30 | I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available . |