Example sentences of "[pron] ask you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Looking forward to the circus , but could I ask you not to throw me to the lions until I 've got my accounts in order ? |
| 2 | ‘ Can I ask you something ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Pray , sir , may I ask you , do you think that if St. Paul happened to be travelling with us and had passed the place where he was born , that he would have pointed out the fact to us ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ May I ask you in future , Miss Kenton , to address my father as ‘ Mr Stevens ’ ? |
| 5 | This is your room , hello , we 'll have to fix that bulb , may I ask you not to flush the toilet between the hours of eleven at night and seven in the morning while the sanitation department is still in , do n't be alarmed , cockroaches are a way of life in this part of the world , the gekkos are friendly too , although they wo n't eat the spiders . |
| 6 | Now , ’ Thiercelin took out notebook and pencil , ‘ just as a matter of routine , might I ask you to relate once again the circumstances of Herr Hamnett 's business with you ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ May I ask you a question , Mr Cramer ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ So will I ask you for forty-two pounds today and then not come near you for a month ? ’ |
| 9 | Can I ask you to rethink your plans for me ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Can I ask you a personal question ? ’ he said to his companion . |
| 11 | ‘ If you should receive another , could I ask you to pass it to us ? ’ |
| 12 | For instance , ‘ I know you 're terribly pushed , but can I ask you quickly … ‘ |
| 13 | ‘ Can I ask you why you hold that opinion so vociferously ? ’ , |
| 14 | Could I ask you a personal question , if it 's not too rude — what do you think about when you 're lying in the bath ? |
| 15 | May I ask you a question — as a doctor to his invaluable assistant ? ’ |
| 16 | and we do have , some of this slides which , I 'll show at the very end , alright , but it means it er , erm , the first part of the talk we 'll keep the lights on and then could I ask you , you know to look and then pass it around like school |
| 17 | Please may I ask you sir to limit yourself to your question . |
| 18 | Can I ask you to do something for me today please ? |
| 19 | 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 ? ’ |
| 20 | May I ask you to … ‘ ) which give the option of refusal ; we apologize for imposing ( ‘ I 'm sorry to bother you ’ ) , and add in praise to make our hearer feel good ( ‘ You know much more about car engines than I do ’ ) . |
| 21 | May I ask you a question ? ’ |
| 22 | Can I ask you one thing ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ May I ask you a question ? ’ he says . |
| 24 | Why does n't the S F A give more support to the S W F A , can I ask you that ? |
| 25 | Can I ask you the same question again ho , after this discussion , do you think men hate women ? |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | May I ask you a , a voting question actually on that ? |
| 29 | Can I ask you A Anne , what your view on advertising is ? |
| 30 | Can I ask you who you would think would be to blame for that accident ? |