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Discover LudwigThe phrase "asked him to work" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to convey that someone requested another person to perform a task or job.
Example: "She asked him to work on the project over the weekend."
Alternatives: "requested him to work" or "told him to work".
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I don't think I ever asked him to work on a problem.
I welcomed him into the company and asked him to work out his porn name.
Joe Torre, the Yankees' manager, asked him to work alongside Chris Chambliss, the hitting coach.
We asked him to work hard at school and so he did.
I've been very impressed with how he's been working on the things we've asked him to work on".
He was just thrilled you had asked him to work for you — he was like a kid.
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"I want to ask him to work with me," laughs Mr Arnault.
Then last month, he got a call from the Census Bureau asking him to work as a supervisor.
McCain said that he was disappointed that during Obama's first term the White House didn't ask him to work with the Administration on immigration reform.
He said that when other musicians ask him to work on a Sunday, he tells them he can't because he's going to church.
The rest of them were set on this course early, Bush taking Donald Rumsfeld aside and asking him to work on an Iraq war plan as early as November 2001.
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