Example sentences of "be asked [to-vb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Swindon Town had a weekend off … but travel to Grimsby tomorrow … amid rumours that Glenn Hoddle has been asked to take over the vacant top job at Bristol City . |
| 2 | Football , and Swindon manager Glenn Hoddle has denied rumours that he 's been asked to take over the vacant top job at Bristol City . |
| 3 | Such a girl is being asked to behave in many ways like an adult ( mother ) in that she is being asked to carry out the nurturing and supervisory procedures which properly belong to adulthood and , traditionally , to motherhood in particular . |
| 4 | Under the Brady deal , the banks that made these swaps were asked to tear up the old loans and choose among three new deals in their place . |
| 5 | Since the imperial poet Da Ponte had fallen out of favour at the Viennese court , and had left in disgrace , his temporary successor Caterino Mazzolà was asked to freshen up the old warhorse for a new setting , while Guardasoni rushed to Italy to find suitable singers . |