Example sentences of "[adv] ask [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it must be a visit to his lawyer or somesuch and politely asked no more . |
| 2 | ‘ Did you order the bourbon and water , sir ? ’ she politely asked the empty high-backed chair in the living-room . |
| 3 | " Do you not think it 's very hot in here ? " the maid suddenly asked the cook . |
| 4 | Bishop Tubbs did not have this copy in his hand and so asked the 1662 question , and Madge was asked if she would obey . |
| 5 | So asked the paper 's business manager Dave Hall in February 1969 . |
| 6 | Ken had chosen the restaurant , but was frightened of being pestered by fans , so asked the head waiter to produce the screens . |
| 7 | They merely asked a question and received an answer . |
| 8 | I only asked a polite question . ’ |
| 9 | He only asked the vicar not to use Hail Marys with the Stations . |
| 10 | She was kind , albeit reserved , practical and only asked the minimum of questions , such as when was the baby due ? |
| 11 | Then the English clerk gently asked the befuddled Alexander his questions , though he learnt nothing new . |
| 12 | ZEUS was the lover of a mortal maid , Semele , who foolishly asked the god to appear before her so she might identify him . |
| 13 | Miranda impatiently asked the doctor . |
| 14 | I was merely asking a question . |
| 15 | If the interviewer was merely asking the question without thinking that should present no problem . |
| 16 | ‘ for the purpose of prostitution ’ This point must be carefully proved to eliminate any risk of charging an innocent woman who was merely asking the way or for a light etc . |
| 17 | Branches should avoid merely asking the insured to obtain estimate(s) or quotation(s) unless the type of claim or the remoteness of the location means that we can not make use of our own local or national arrangements with traders . |
| 18 | Some small children are initially very shy and wo n't speak , so asking an older sibling or the parents to prompt can help . |
| 19 | Parents sometimes feel embarrassed about describing their child 's problems in front of the child , so asking the child first why he or she thinks they have come to the clinic can open the discussion . |
| 20 | It does n't matter where he/she finishes , but whether the coach is only asking the eight-year-olds to spring 50m or trying to get all the senior team to really race hard over the first 1500m , he or she must be seen to experience it too or the children simply wo n't believe the coach can know what he/she is talking about . |
| 21 | At issue is the FBI 's ability to wiretap in future … the FBI is not only asking the industry to dumb down existing software , it wants to prohibit it from developing new technologies that might interfere with the government 's ability to intercept various oral and electronic communications . ’ |
| 22 | Different contraceptive methods suit different people at different times , so ask the advice of your family doctor or your family planning clinic . |
| 23 | These days most dairies will deliver skimmed milk , so ask the milkman if he can supply it . |
| 24 | Sorry M J Finch , but I feel your views a little narrow ; of course trade references are limited to the questions asked , so ask the right ones ! |
| 25 | It is almost as if he feels he need only ask the lady in question to join him and she will have no hesitations about accepting his offer . |
| 26 | The creditors , many of whom had once eagerly asked the Reichmann brothers to grace their boards as directors , now sat grim , hostile and stony faced . |
| 27 | I was going inside to ask the way to the doctor 's house . |
| 28 | Merely to ask the question was to imply that the justice of their cause was in doubt . |
| 29 | The probable origin of the trust in the commendatio made it important to continue to distinguish clearly between cases where it was intended to confer a benefit and cases where the intention was merely to ask the favour of safe-keeping . |
| 30 | In fact she was so kind to me that I became brave enough to ask a question . |