Example sentences of "and ask [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Editor read the cable through and asked what steps I proposed to take . |
| 2 | I showed the article to my wife — a mathematician — and asked her to remind me about ‘ eigen analysis of the covariance matrix [ z ] ’ etc , but I gather that such analysis is not exactly commonplace or entirely obvious ! |
| 3 | Then he pulled her towards him and asked her to give him a kiss , but she pulled away quickly when she saw Mum 's scowl . |
| 4 | In his mind he spoke another girl 's name ; a girl long dead , and asked her to forgive him . |
| 5 | But she found hardly anyone who wanted to talk to her afterwards apart from an American girl who admired her frock , and asked her to guess what they had had for luncheon . |
| 6 | Her unfortunate gaffe over tea made it impossible for Elisabeth to offer any excuse when Mitzi Baum accosted her on the stairs on the way to dinner and asked her to share her table . |
| 7 | Later he called me to a meeting of the Executive Council and asked me to say what I thought the principles of the Department should be and how they could be implemented . |
| 8 | It was later that evening that he took a white muslin dress out of the bag with which he had returned from Paris and asked me to wear it as a nightdress . |
| 9 | He looked at me and asked me to take it . |
| 10 | Smith was a slow reader and took about an hour to read and ponder the document , after which he approved it and asked me to take it to Harold Wilson . |
| 11 | They gave me a line of coke , and asked me to do it for them . |
| 12 | " Well , she waylaid me as I was leaving after seeing your Toby , and asked me to give you a message . |
| 13 | He telephoned me at three o'clock in the morning , and asked me to confirm it . |
| 14 | All eight doctors signed a letter on 13 December to the Secretary of State for Health and asked me to pass it on . |
| 15 | I thought at the time she made nought of it , but back last summer , like you say , round August bank 'oliday , she came to see me and asked me to tell 'er everything I remembered 'bout the day of the explosion . |
| 16 | ‘ When your mother came to live here and asked me to advise her , ’ he said uneasily , ‘ I naturally wanted to know some background . |
| 17 | She rung me up and asked me did I want a microwave oven ? |
| 18 | When I was political editor of the Daily Mirror , Maxwell took a shine to this hat and asked me to get him one identical to it . |
| 19 | He gave me this and asked me to deliver it to Dick Tavett . |
| 20 | They went to see my husband in hospital and asked him to see them when he came out . |
| 21 | I 've passed on to him the invitation to the training course on Saturday 5th September and asked him to let you know if he is able to attend . |
| 22 | A woman came up with a red balloon and asked him to autograph it , and he took out a fountain pen and commenced a squeaky signature . |
| 23 | I ‘ hung ’ them and asked him to choose which one was best . |
| 24 | Social Services or somebody to do with or somewhere contacted him and asked him to do it but they paid all cash . |
| 25 | Er , I 've had a word with Jeremy about decorating , oh Florrie I must apologise I did try to ring you , I think I managed to get everybody else , erm but you were n't there , in and then I , I left it I regret to say , erm but we thought perhaps we ought to have the kitchen re-decorated and I 've had a word with Jereminy , Jereminy , Jeremy and he says about two hundred pounds and I did get permission from some of you and I 've gone ahead and asked him to do it and he said about three weeks , but before we can have that done , in the meantime , the roof leaked again out in the kitchen Erm , so I 've had a word with Peter who was going on holiday and he should be home this week and he said he will look at it as soon as he 's home , so I 'll give him a ring , I 'll try tomorrow night , I 'm out tonight , I 'll try and give him a ring tomorrow . |
| 26 | St Ives said it was a mercy he had n't after all approached Meredith and asked him to give her the push . |
| 27 | When it seemed to be over , I went next door and called Fielding and asked him to give me an incredible amount of money . |
| 28 | I wrote to Mr Wood last week and asked him to give you a job on the farm . |
| 29 | She wrote that she was dying of a fever , and asked him to visit her for the first and last time . |
| 30 | Stromson said : ‘ Paul also told me that Dr Bean-Bayog shared her erotic fantasies with him and asked him to act them out with her — and that they did . ’ |