Sentence examples for asked onto from inspiring English sources

The Sage of Omaha railed against the pointlessness of much of the work done by audit committees (while joking that he does not get asked onto compensation committees because they prefer Cocker Spaniels to Dobermans).

He figured that after having proved himself as a standup for nearly two decades, the only conclusion he could draw from his not being asked onto the "Tonight Show" was that the powers that be were determined not to give airtime to anyone with a conservative or Christian message.

Earlier this week Linehan was asked onto the Today programme to discuss his new stage version of The Ladykillers, which opens at the Liverpool Playhouse (where it has already prompted their fastest first day of ticket sales ever) in early November, and transfers to the West End three weeks later.

One particularly nagging problem is that, despite the size and number of parking gates at the main terminal, passengers are often asked to disembark onto buses that ferry them to the building.

In order to obtain mechanically stimulated saliva, the participants were asked to chew onto a piece of tubing (200 mm cut pieces of 1.6 mm bore, 1.4 mm wall platinum cured silicone tubing) for 1 minute and then expectorate the first component while keeping the tubing in the mouth.

To simulate her 160-feet fall, stuntwoman Angela Uyeda was placed in a crane 10 to 15 feet above the van and asked to jump onto the van below.

I carried it back through the winding staircases and ramps to where my friends remained up in the grandstand, navigating through boozy fans, paranoid I would drop it like I had been asked to hold onto a friend's baby.

Participants will be asked to step onto the scales and wait for 3 seconds whilst the scales determine the correct weight.