Example sentences of "mr [noun] [conj] ask " in BNC.

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1 That is to say , they accost the more naive members of the lobby on their way back from meeting Mr Ingham and ask what he said .
2 If he called at her house in the morning on the pretext of enquiring after Mr Bradshaw and asked her straight out , in front of her mother , to walk with him to the theatre , she 'd have to accept .
3 Mr Sells said he had corresponded with Mr Bewick and asked why he had not joined the BTS and become involved in debates on transplants .
4 For some time I was left standing at the counter but eventually one of four assistants came over , introduced himself to me as Mr Palmer and asked how he could help .
5 ( 4 ) Under " Matters arising from the minutes " , an efficient Chairman will turn to Ms Smith and Mr Jones and ask for their reports .
6 She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid .
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