Example sentences of "i ask [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ May I ask you a question , Mr Cramer ? ’
2 May I ask you a question — as a doctor to his invaluable assistant ? ’
3 Presently she said , ‘ I know I have n't earned another turn , all the same may I ask you a question , a semi-personal question ? ’
4 May I ask you a question ? ’
5 ‘ May I ask you a question ? ’ he says .
6 First of all , Mr can I ask you a question ?
7 ‘ May I ask you a question , please ? ’
8 Can I can I ask you a question and then direct the next one to Mr ?
9 Rod can I ask you a question ?
10 May I ask you a question on erm , the main question on the sixth .
11 All I can say is that in a period of two years erm of five , in that time there was five sets of redundancies at erm Hatfield , there are two occasions we were told that they went through it and agree with the unions that there 'd be no more for twelve months and one occasion there was another chap in three months , so if you believe anything that the P A E people there , you know , you really want to wear dark glasses but could I ask you a question , I understand that there is something going on at work with Richard at and my guess is , is , erm that sort of job which we are , there is some form of development plans going forward .
12 ‘ May I ask you a question ? ’
13 I says , can I ask you a question ?
14 May I , can I ask you a question Brian ?
15 Morse smiled to himself , and was walking over to the door when Stratton spoke again : ‘ Can I ask you a favour ? ’
16 Can I ask you a favour ?
17 Were getting into an area which I think is a whole different programme and before this programme started I might tell you we were having a little er discussion amongst ourselves whether or not er zoo 's were good for animals and I suppose there is a discussion about whether prisons are inevitably going to be degrading because of , because of what er , what , what a prison represents which is a curtailment of freedom , but we do n't have time in this programme , so that 's another one for next year , can I ask you , we 've , we 've touched a lot of basis and it must be frustrating that we ca n't pursue er to the end some of the things we 've er , we 've picked on , but can I ask you a couple of final questions , as far as you know have you committed a crime ? , button one for yes and button two for no , as far as you know , I mean we have n't got time to go into what they might be so your perfectly free to be very honest and honestly reveals that three people are n't quite sur , oh yes there they are
18 Well I 'm very interested in what you say er could you , could I ask you a couple of questions .
19 Let me ask you a couple of questions .
20 Let me ask you a question .
21 Let me ask you the question first !
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