English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Ask" in Example Sentences
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1332080	She has asked the person at the front desk to connect her to that number.	CK
327758	The government asked the SDF for a disaster relief deployment to Okinawa.	CM
1029753	Tom asked for Mary's address and wrote it down on a piece of scrap paper.	CK
1093551	Tom hates it when Mary asks him to explain the same thing more than once.	CK
1893712	We think it may take a few weeks to finish doing what you asked us to do.	CK
64074	A stranger asked the girl whether her father was at home or at his office.	CK
2951917	I asked around, but nobody seemed to have any idea how to fix the problem.	CK
2952165	I have to ask you some personal questions that you may not want to answer.	CK
1474104	I wrote to Mr. Wood last week and asked him to give you a job on the farm.	CK
284571	I'm going to ask him for an autograph. Do you have anything to write with?	CK
325490	If he should come in my absence, please ask him to wait until I come back.	CM
263812	Please ask the secretary to stock the office supplies in the storage room.	CM
1093864	Tom had a splinter in his finger, so he asked Mary to help him get it out.	CK
34053	After asking for my key at the front desk, I took the elevator to my floor.	CK
294608	He armed himself with all the facts before asking questions at the meeting.	CM
1340534	The government asked the army to send a disaster relief mission to Okinawa.	Eldad
1858734	"I can't do everything you've asked me to do." "Then just do what you can."	CK
308315	He asked me whether she had given me the book, or if I had bought it myself.	CK
275613	I was asked by my uncle what I intended to be when I graduated from college.	CK
1133176	I wrote last week to Mr. Wood and I asked him to give you a job on the farm.	nadsat
2537046	I'm not sure you'll have enough time to do everything we've asked you to do.	CK
1858749	"Did you complete the report I asked you to write?" "No. There was no time."	CK
291565	Diana's singing impressed him so much that he asked her to sing on the radio.	CM
953730	I wish I could figure out how to finish this project without asking for help.	CK
2940979	I'd like to ask you some questions about some of the people who work for you.	CK
1164677	If there's anything at all that you don't understand, you can ask me anytime.	Chrikaru
327498	If you can't take it, give up and do what I, your older sister, asked of you.	CM
247605	Our teacher hates his students to ask questions while he is giving a lecture.	CM
1029701	Tom asked Mary many times to let him go home early, but she wouldn't let him.	CK
2537040	Tom wouldn't have asked you to do the job if he didn't think you could do it.	CK
247063	When I asked Dad for more money, he really blew up and started to yell at me.	CM
71953	I regret to say that the product you have asked for is currently out of stock.	CM
476157	If you run into Mr. Long, don't forget to ask him about how his wife is doing.	CK
886979	She asked him to not quit his job because they were poor and needed the money.	CK
325969	When her neighbors were sick, she asked doctors to give them medical supplies.	CK
65310	Edward looked Kathy in the eye and asked her if she really meant what she said.	CK
240277	The telephone operator asked the caller to hold on until a connection was made.	CM
2738268	All you had to do was ask and I would have lent you as much money as you needed.	CK
371400	He's the last person I would ask help from, because he is completely unreliable.	saeb
2951916	I asked around and there don't seem to be any stores around here that sell that.	CK
2980143	I asked Tom how much he thought it would cost to get someone to paint our house.	CK
329007	I was given a nasty look when I asked for my prescription at the local doctor's.	fcbond
2952720	I'll ask around at school and see if anybody would like to volunteer to help us.	CK
489474	Since he had left his wallet at home, he asked me if I could lend him 1,000 yen.	CK
2956725	Tom finally mustered up the courage to ask Mary to lend him the money he needed.	CK
3166064	Tom went from one shop to another trying to find what Mary had asked him to buy.	CK
3087960	Tom started to sit where he usually sits, but Mary asked him to sit somewhere else.	CK
2952124	I have absolutely no intention of telling Tom what you've just asked me to tell him.	CK
2940876	I'd like to ask you some questions about some of the people you've been working for.	CK
46862	The social worker was asked to follow up the information about the Stevenson family.	CK