Example sentences of "[pron] can [not/n't] ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We get plenty of people in here identifying cadavers — I ca n't ask to see the credentials of every one . |
| 2 | ‘ I ca n't ask you in . |
| 3 | They keep picking on me , but I ca n't ask a teacher to help . |
| 4 | And we really need two men out there , but I ca n't ask more of them than they 're doing ; they 're making up for one short as it is . |
| 5 | I ca n't ask you to risk it too . |
| 6 | Now wo er erm , I ca n't ask you whether it was the happiest day of your life because only sixty nine of you would know . |
| 7 | I ca n't ask my wife for any more at the moment . ’ |
| 8 | I ca n't ask you to help me . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ No , I ca n't ask you to stay with me , ’ she whispered . |
| 10 | Emmie said , ‘ I ca n't ask Dad for money for a vet . |
| 11 | ‘ I ca n't ask you — a guest — ’ Silas began stiffly . |
| 12 | ‘ I 've nothing to add except to say that I 'm surprised no one 's tried to squeeze more out of me since and I apologize for the fact that there 's only one chair here so I ca n't ask you to sit down . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Well , as I ca n't ask him … ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't ask Julie after yesterday can I ? |
| 15 | Oh she said I 'll be going up tomorrow but I , I , I ca n't ask her , I did n't ought to but I ca n't ca n't ask her nothing , in n it funny . |
| 16 | Why I wo n't will I , I wo n't ask them where you 'll be will I , cos you wo n't be there , so I ca n't ask you can I ? |
| 17 | I can not ask you to judge . |
| 18 | I can not ask her to suffer further for what may never be . |
| 19 | ‘ I can not ask you to become the senior member of the board ; that place I reserve for myself , and there is also Lessing whom you have not met . |
| 20 | I said , ‘ Lilya , I can not ask Semenov , because the KGB has me completely surrounded , and no-one can fight against them . |
| 21 | But if the literary text says , ‘ The door was open ’ I can not ask the text what it means by saying that the door was open , I can only speculate about the significance of that door — opened by what agency , leading to what discovery , mystery , goal ? |
| 22 | ‘ But I can not ask for any more from the players than the performances they are giving me and one or two are starting to show their true form . ’ |
| 23 | They must learn what every child knows that you ca n't ask for a present back . |
| 24 | More than that you ca n't ask of a techno record . |
| 25 | You ca n't ask for a specific taxi company or |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe , but you ca n't ask about things like that . ’ |
| 27 | Now it worried me , but you ca n't ask a man like Ward if he 's scared . |
| 28 | ‘ You ca n't ask me to stop . |
| 29 | As Guildsoft puts it ‘ You ca n't ask your current users to accept a lower standard of service than users of other products that you 're trying to attract ! ’ |
| 30 | You ca n't ask for much more . |