Example sentences of "[noun] asked her " in BNC.

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1 Colin asked her .
2 Houghton asked her to instruct Gregson to call him as soon as he could .
3 The English representative on the board asked her whether she 'd like to work for the company in Switzerland , as resident copywriter ( for Jane was bright , though she despised the ‘ profession ’ ) .
4 Sarah asked her .
5 Nutty asked her , sitting down to her shepherd 's pie , cabbage and chips .
6 Harvey asked her .
7 As he took her on a guided tour of the eight-bedroomed mansion , the Prince asked her to organize the interior decoration .
8 Isobel helped her friend to settle in Paris and find work ; one day Maria asked her if de Chavigny might be interested in buying her jewellery .
9 She 'd have to take off her thick blue jersey soon , and she could n't remember how many buttons had come off the shirt underneath , and it was sleeveless , and she had n't shaved her armpits since Philippa asked her to supper last week .
10 William asked her .
11 Ash and I danced , then cousin Josh asked her , and I sat watching the people dance for a while — the best way to extract any real enjoyment from dancing , I 've always thought , but I seem to be unusual in not gaining any real pleasure from performing the movements — and then saw Helen Urvill , entering the hall holding a lager can .
12 Markby asked her .
13 Alan Markby asked her .
14 She was just imagining Meredith dressed up as a sailor and herself with her arms round his neck , clinging to him as the wind tried to tear them apart , when a man with a tray hung from his neck asked her to buy bootlaces .
15 Linda asked her on a sudden impulse .
16 Courtney asked her to undress , and she did .
17 Mrs Blakey asked her as they cleared the plates from the table , when Stephen had gone .
18 A man in rags asked her for the price of a cup of tea .
19 Piers asked her .
20 Piers asked her curiously , standing next to her as Simone rushed outside to fetch the bags of food .
21 When Lucy asked her , her fantasy took a careful half-step forwards .
22 Kathleen asked her .
23 Kathleen asked her .
24 So I thought , ooh Brenda asked her .
25 Alan asked her when she put the phone down .
26 When , at the beginning of April — at least , she remembered thinking afterwards , it was not April 1st — John Carrow asked her to marry him , the immediacy of her acceptance was yet another surprise to them both .
27 She said they were in love but their relationship was not physical and Gilfoyle asked her to move into the house in October , 1991 .
28 When Nanny returned at last Artemis asked her what father had meant by saying her mother had gone .
29 Alida asked her , very quietly .
30 Girl asked her if she 'd change shifts with her next Wednesday and she told her to go away politely .
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