Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] ask " in BNC.

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1 I 'd better ask you to stop writing .
2 " I 'd better ask Cowslip what we 're supposed to do about taking some of this stuff back to the warren . "
3 I just thought I 'd better ask … ’
4 Thought thought I 'd better ask .
5 If you are a teacher I do not ask you to believe or take on trust anything I say .
6 I do not ask you to believe .
7 I do not ask what hopes or expectations they have , or what they are dreaming of , but what they are experiencing .
8 While my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) was speaking , I said that I challenged any Conservative Member of Parliament to spend just one week — I do not ask for longer — living on the money that so many of our constituents who are pensioners have to rely on — the state pension and income support .
9 I do not ask for sex right away .
10 Once he told me he likes me cos I do n't ask questions .
11 I do n't ask you for rest ,
12 I do n't ask for wealth ,
13 Prejean , who had once been diagnosed as brain damaged and mentally retarded , said shortly before his execution : ‘ I do n't ask to get out of prison .
14 I do n't ask about your private affairs , now do I ? ’ he said , in a mildly affronted tone .
15 " No , I do n't ask you to beg , and my going is n't the answer . "
16 I do n't ask you where you are going , coco , ’ Therese said .
17 Carla smiled in a way that meant : I do n't ask about your affairs , I do n't need to know .
18 Dear , I do n't ask very much .
19 ‘ But I do n't ask for very much . ’
20 I do n't ask for anything more .
21 ‘ I take her milk in , I do n't ask her for reports , ’ she said as Scott started up the steps .
22 One request — no , I do n't ask him for things , I order them .
23 Oh well , now I do n't ask him at night because Is that i is we hardly have any sleep .
24 ‘ But you see , if I do n't ask you the name on the cheque , it 's because I know it already … ’
25 ‘ Oh , I do n't ask for miwacles .
26 I ca n't say I approve of what he has done but I do n't ask him and I do n't want to know the details . ’
27 ‘ Perhaps I do n't ask that often , either . ’
28 I do n't ask , of course , because I would n't get any worthwhile answer .
29 I do n't ask why I should believe him .
30 I do n't ask what happened next .
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