Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One interviewer asked me whether the riot was not a cry for help by the rioters . |
| 2 | ‘ Y-you asked me that the first time we met . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You asked me if the garage had returned my car , when you 'd got it under lock and key all the time ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ A lot of people asked me if the staff would lose their jobs . |
| 5 | I spoke to Stansted , Essex , on the telephone and asked them if the would accept a cheque for the fuel , to which the reply was ‘ Yes ’ . |
| 6 | Sotheby 's then heard from Michael Hebecker , Director of Schlossmuseum Gotha , informing them that , while the auction house had behaved fairly and correctly in offering the picture to the museum first , the permission to sell the Wtewael had been granted in his absence and with neither his knowledge nor consent , and asking them if the picture could be withdrawn for the time being . |
| 7 | It showed an elderly couple being given their meal by a uniformed WRVS woman who was asking them if the food had been all right the last time . |
| 8 | I could n't help asking him if the waitresses in the Cabinet Office canteen still wear those terrible green overalls . ’ |
| 9 | When she had subsided , and we had recovered from our surprise at this outburst , we asked her whether the small and large hominids were strictly savannah species or whether they spent much of their time in forests . |
| 10 | But as a preview , this was her reply when I asked her whether the problem was , not whether women needed more education , but that men needed educating about women . |
| 11 | I recently asked her whether the French civil service differed from their British counterparts . |
| 12 | Once or twice people put their heads round the door and asked her if the Meditation proof was up yet , or whether she knew ‘ that she had four inches less than usual on page twelve . |
| 13 | " That evening King Darzin sent for the chief taster and asked him whether the lettuces were ready . |
| 14 | ‘ I asked him whether the person he was meeting was anything to do with him being followed , but he just laughed . ’ |
| 15 | He asked him whether the bus specification , as laid down by the disabled persons transport advisory committee , would be a requirement in the disposal programme and whether the bus companies that tender will need to give the Minister an answer . |
| 16 | He tried to hide the crease of worry on his features , but when she asked him whether the debtors had given him extra time he frowned and shook his head . |
| 17 | Stuart asked him and the man smiled again . |
| 18 | So I asked him if the task force would be going to the Gulf ; how many people were involved ; and what experience they had . |
| 19 | ‘ We went to the schools ’ liaison officer and asked him if the company could produce our prospectus in a professional manner . ’ |
| 20 | I asked him if the fundamental problem is that those who have are too selfish to help . |
| 21 | The old man flicked his cigarette end into the trough as we asked him when the laundry had stopped being used . |
| 22 | He wanted to take it and ask them when the war was over . |
| 23 | A Tory MP asks me whether the story is true about the UK training troops in secret bases in Thailand to fight alongside Pol Pot 's Khmer Rouge . |
| 24 | ‘ Ask him when the agents in place will start the anti-liberal operation ? ’ |
| 25 | The MP had asked him whether the inquiry under the Assistant Chief Constable of West Yorkshire could be extended to the four members of the Serious Crimes Squad who were involved in preparing the case of the Birmingham pub bombing in 1974 . |
| 26 | I ask her if the members are making a living . |
| 27 | my Lord I 've asked it and the witness has answered in fact |
| 28 | She asks us if the cinema in front of which we 're standing , the one with the large sign saying ‘ Odeon Mezzanine ’ , could in fact by any chance be the Odeon Mezzanine . |
| 29 | If you want a fireless dragon , do n't ask them if the dragon breathes fire . |
| 30 | Well I will ask you when the time comes . |