Example sentences of "and i asked " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I did Nurse Ratchett in One Flew Over The Cuckoo 's Nest up in Manchester I read the novel and found a speech in the book that was really wonderful on the character and I asked the director if I could read it for him . |
| 2 | At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases . |
| 3 | It was scarcely credible that this should happen at so late a stage and I asked the department to get the minute to me at once . |
| 4 | We met in the old Majestic Hotel , where I was staying , and I asked him about his former student in Berlin . |
| 5 | We sat on her bedroom floor , surrounded by a stack of Looks , Elle , Cosmopolitan and Just 17 magazines , and I asked Janet to describe herself . |
| 6 | In the book I read about this girl who has a celebration when it 's her period , and I asked Mum : could we do that ? |
| 7 | We needed a Gofer to drive ‘ MiniMag ’ around the country and I asked if anyone could drive articulated lorries . |
| 8 | We paused to watch a hawk hunting above one of the islands which splits the Vltava , and I asked Ladislav about the posters I kept seeing in windows . |
| 9 | The first time I saw Mlle de Montijo was at a reception given by Princess Mathilde for the Duchess of Hamilton ; I was struck by the beauty , the grace of this foreign girl , and I asked who she was . |
| 10 | She was so obviously upset by the break-up that I asked her out to lunch to cheer her up , and I asked her home because I thought my mother and sister might help her . |
| 11 | When I caught up , Ann was still obviously very distressed and I asked what on earth was wrong . |
| 12 | Sandy was going to the US and I asked if I could carry for him the next year , but everybody was asking so I did n't get very far . |
| 13 | He once said he thought inheritance should be banned and I asked him if that meant I should leave all our money to his brother ! ’ said his father . |
| 14 | Phoned the man and I asked would he fix |
| 15 | The South African case remains interesting , and I asked my doctor friend for clarification , but so far he has not been able to get any further information . |
| 16 | Some of the men asked questions and made comments , also in sign language , and I asked Kalchu what they were saying . |
| 17 | Some weeks later my brother and I were passing through London , and I asked if I might bring him to see her . |
| 18 | It is impossible in these Coronation days to judge how long it will take to get from place to place and I asked the taxi-driver not to be too early . |
| 19 | She had asked if there were anything I wanted from England , and I asked her to bring a large , old-fashioned teddy bear for my small Greek godson , George . |
| 20 | An older club member gave me a lift back to the station and I asked her what she thought of Ten Forward . |
| 21 | ‘ The night before we were arrested , I had been to dinner with Nick Wells , and I asked him if he had heard anything , and he said : ‘ No , it 's all water under the bridge , I suppose . ’ |
| 22 | Soon after Bogie joined us and I asked him what was going on . |
| 23 | As I struggled to follow her directions my natural curiosity overcame me and I asked her how she came to have all that wool and all those knitted garments which were obviously not for her . |
| 24 | When he told me that he had inherited the cardinal 's robes of his predecessor , Cardinal Heenan , and I asked if they fitted , he said , ‘ No . |
| 25 | When she had been there a couple of years and I asked her how she was , she said , ‘ Pretty mouldy . ’ |
| 26 | I made an excuse to call on our twelfth man and I asked him to tell our manager , Khalid Mahmood , what was going on . |
| 27 | First thing this morning we were lying in bed and I asked Polly whether she was real , but all she said was ‘ What the f— are you doing in my bed ? ’ so the jury 's still out on that one . |
| 28 | ‘ And I asked you if you remembered Emor . ’ |
| 29 | Well , she was gone sixty by then , an' they give 'er ten yards of pink silk an' five pounds on 'er retirement day , and I asked 'er if she fancied makin' me sister 's weddin' dress to keep 'er 'and in a bit — 'ere , you ai n't ate your other sausage roll yet . |
| 30 | As we drank our coffee I outlined Toby 's and my suspicions about Martinez and Jefferson , and I asked Sally whether she had got on well enough with Ed Grainger , who was Martinez' right-hand man in America , to ask him questions about the Harley contract . |