Example sentences of "were ask the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The South Africans were asking the umpires in the West Indies whether they had received their one for the over . |
| 2 | They were asking the elected members to read the report , reconsider the issues surrounding the whole affair , and assist them in getting some answers from the council officials . |
| 3 | While these groups and individuals may not always have shared our analysis , they were asking the same questions about the link between government claims and reality in relation to job creation and training in West Belfast . |
| 4 | I find it difficult to conceive of a situation where it would be a proper exercise of the jurisdiction to make an order positively requiring a doctor to adopt a particular course of treatment in relation to a child , unless the doctor himself or herself were asking the court to make such an order . |
| 5 | It was a difficult case to argue , though , without sounding as if I were asking the Government to give in . |
| 6 | For a while there had been a feeling that they were asking the right questions and that at any moment the individual answers would shuffle themselves into a significant total . |
| 7 | But all the radical social workers who were there on a political and class base were asking the most difficult questions I have ever heard , saying ‘ We 're not here to service the medical profession . |
| 8 | Yeah and and the other thing which I , actually I 've been laughing at here is because you were laughing at yourself when you were asking the questions . |
| 9 | I , I think erm I think it may have been that er you , they assumed you 're lacking confidence because you were laughing at yourself so much when you were asking the questions . |
| 10 | As , yet again , Britain started its mopping up operation , tired rescue workers , tearful home owners and others were asking the same question : Whatever caused the heavens to open ? |
| 11 | Well sir , I 've recently come across an American sex survey in which a large number of US ladies were asked the question : ‘ How long do you usually like love play to last ? ’ |
| 12 | When his sons returned to Tahiti and were asked the fate of their father they said : |
| 13 | Subjects who were asked the questions when under hypnosis made significantly more errors in their subsequent descriptions of events . |
| 14 | Margaret Spencer reported on a discussion held at a Schools Council Language for Learning Project Conference in 1981 , when teachers were asked the question " Why do we ask children to read to us ? " |
| 15 | After watching a film of a car accident some subjects were asked the two questions in ( 3 ) . |
| 16 | Another group of subjects were asked the questions in ( 4 ) . |
| 17 | Respondents were asked the further question , ‘ What did you do when you had the problem for some time ? ’ |
| 18 | The figures are different to the perception of those not incontinent who were asked the same question : 71% ( 2564 ) thought that the condition would have a great deal or fair amount of effect on their lifestyle and only 20% ( 692 ) not much or none at all . |
| 19 | If one were asked the question what are the four chief characteristics of the Suffolk horse ? the answer would certainly be — colour , quality , compactness and hardy constitution . ’ |
| 20 | Voters were asked the question : " Are you in favour of the Lithuanian state being an independent , democratic republic ? " |
| 21 | 42% said they were actively doing something to ‘ avoid getting TB ’ and were asked the open-ended question ‘ what are you doing to avoid getting TB ? ’ . |
| 22 | Subjects were asked the open-ended question : ‘ why do you think there is more TB going around recently ? ’ . |
| 23 | Accordingly , they were asked the direct question : " Would you describe this as science fiction ? " |
| 24 | If you were to ask the Brigadier … |