Example sentences of "asked [pron] what " in BNC.

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1 He put it all into practice with The Clash When he got Joe Strummer into The Clash he asked me what I thought of him .
2 Once she told me about sending her kids to boarding school and asked me what I thought .
3 The first day I got back to work , my foreman asked me what I had gained in the last twelve weeks .
4 She asked me what the time was .
5 And you never asked me what I had been doing .
6 On one U-day last winter , a short-sighted neighbour asked me what the pretty flowers were .
7 Going down the second fairway he told me he 'd lost his yardage book and asked me what I thought his second shot was .
8 ‘ He came in to the shop and asked me what he should wear on the date .
9 He asked me what I was going to wear and said his mam had just bought him a new duffle coat and did I like it , ’ she says .
10 He asked me what was going on ; just then the coach stopped , and the man drew a gun and shot Lieutenant Lapointe in the chest .
11 I met the then Chairman of the AAA , Bill Ferguson , who asked me what the problem was all about .
12 Then she asked me what I was going to do and I had to say I wanted to go with her .
13 She asked me what I was doing there .
14 I broke no more beds and when Humphreys , whose father was a market gardener , asked me what my father did , I said he was a football manager .
15 Thessy asked me what McIllvanney had wanted , but I said it had been nothing very much for I was too disgusted with the man to tell Thessy the truth .
16 Towards the end of our conversation he asked me what use I would make of documented evidence that the Japs in Burma had a far-reaching plan to destroy the Buddhist system of monasteries and monks .
17 He asked me what writers I liked and looked strange when I mentioned Paul Morley .
18 This morning Saskia asked me what sign I am .
19 You asked me what he was like , Mr Millet …
20 He just asked me what we needed and I said well a table .
21 We had gone two or three miles when he asked me what I did and how I came to be hitch-hiking .
22 After a time he awoke again and asked me what I wanted .
23 They asked me what it would be on .
24 ‘ Now , Creggan , you asked me what can be done for Slorne in these autumn weeks of change and frustration .
25 ‘ He asked me what I could say of you , Callanish , and I waited for your signal knowing that when he was wiser and ready I could tell him . ’
26 ‘ She asked me what I wanted .
27 Gaitskell was anxious to identify the ‘ mole ’ in this case and asked me what ought to be done .
28 He asked me what should be done about the action .
29 He asked me what rights he had as a father .
30 My mum come up to see me and asked me what the bandage was for and I told her I 'd burnt myself .
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