Example sentences of "but [pron] [vb mod] ask [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Not every hotelier can plant trees but everyone can ask questions about their food . |
2 | Brian would n't come , did last year , I mean I do n't know if the kids will come this year but I 'll ask Kim , because the single fact it breaks up the conversation a bit , does n't it , I mean |
3 | But anyway , a lot of the detail , a lot of the detail seems to have been around the , the , the words that have , have , have been used in the document , but I 'll ask Paul to specifically respond to that . |
4 | I noted the point , erm I think to some extent we probably can now move forward to H two , in in a proper sense , but I 'll ask Mr Davis er A if he wishes to give some reaction to the last few comments er and then your lead in to H two . |
5 | But you could ask Mother . |
6 | Yes er , well I think we might , I 'll answer the second question but we 'll , we 'll , we 'll answer the first question but we 'll ask Michael , who 's right here to , to comment on entertainment . |
7 | Not all of us can aspire to this level but we can ask questions such as ‘ what would be the effect of building a motorway between towns A and B ? ’ |
8 | But he might ask Georgiades to do a little independent checking . |
9 | 2 The learner can not ask questions of the machine , but he can ask questions of a teacher . |