Example sentences of "[vb past] asked she " in BNC.
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| 1 | She continued clapping as long as she could , hoping he 'd asked her to stay . |
| 2 | He 'd asked her over and over : why ? |
| 3 | He 'd asked her to wait for him , and although she 'd been too angry at the time to say that she would , she had nevertheless avoided marriage to anyone else despite the many proposals she 'd had . |
| 4 | When we first became friends in our early teens I 'd asked her if she fancied one of the young men in the village . |
| 5 | He 'd been shy and fair-haired the Sunday afternoon he 'd asked her to marry him , without any confidence in those days . |
| 6 | Mrs Goreng walked right into the German 's trap — he 'd wanted to pay her back — when he 'd asked her as they walked down to the edge of the beach for a post-picnic swim , ‘ And are the people religious ? ’ |
| 7 | As she stared into her bemused eyes , he slowly smiled , and in that moment she would have committed murder if he 'd asked her to . |
| 8 | She 'd lost count of the number of people who 'd asked her that ; lost count of the number of answers she 'd given . |
| 9 | he 'd asked her to go on the pill . |
| 10 | yeah , I really was quite , quite upset about it , well I do n't blame you for it I would n't of minded if she 'd said this morning when I 'd asked her |
| 11 | Lucy had asked her to supper in her West London flat . |
| 12 | Jay had asked her over to show her off to her four oldest friends . |
| 13 | He had asked her not to tell the police . |
| 14 | Of course he had asked her if she was quite certain and she said she was , quite certain , but now he wondered if it was mere association that had made her agree , association and horror . |
| 15 | Yes , her husband had asked her to put in for £500 worth of shares . |
| 16 | ‘ She said to me that the partners in the firm couldna decide what to give the lass for her wedding and had asked her , as wife of the senior partner , to have a wee word . |
| 17 | I had asked her , as I disengaged her hand from mine . |
| 18 | He had asked her this before , apparently interested in such a meeting , but Jane had had to disappoint him . |
| 19 | He had asked her about that . |
| 20 | A policeman had come while I was out and had asked her to tell me to call at his house as soon as I got back . |
| 21 | He had asked her all about the kiosk , about where she lived ; treating her as if she was interesting and important , not a boring , silly old woman . |
| 22 | Mme Cresson 's first speech in the Assemblée Nationale as Prime Minister made it clear that the President had asked her to form a government for specific policy objectives , defined by him , and Mitterrand underlined this himself in his broadcast to the nation the night of the change of government . |
| 23 | But when he had asked her to marry him , she had declined out of nothing more than pique . |
| 24 | Time and again he had asked her to cook them for his supper , when she could at least bake them in a hot oven . |
| 25 | Yet he had asked her a question , a pointed question . |
| 26 | She said that a black dog had asked her , ‘ What would you have me do to this man ? ’ |
| 27 | The emperor pronounced that a trust was due on these words as if , by prohibiting her from making a will , he had requested that she should make her brother heir : the wording is to be treated as if he had asked her to make over his estate . |
| 28 | She had seen me on television and remembered the skinny little boy , Linford Christie , who had asked her all those questions on a flight from Kingston twenty-one years earlier . |
| 29 | Several boys had asked her to dance but she had refused them all , afraid she might miss her chance with Pete , but he seemed not to have noticed her at all in spite of Louise 's dress . |
| 30 | The families , she said , had asked her to express their gratitude for the warm and caring support from everyone there ; they were grateful , too , for the many messages of support and sympathy coming from outside Orkney . |