Example sentences of "ask [prep] these " in BNC.

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1 Sometimes I asked about these stories .
2 We never asked for these technologies , and in the long run they give us fewer choices , not more .
3 Therefore , one further reason why policemen dislike dealing with rape might well be that they feel uneasy about having to ask the very personal questions which are necessary in order for the victim to be taken seriously , and on the occasion quoted above the sergeant went on to say that as a result of asking for these very personal details policemen ‘ have had a very bad rap over dealing with rape cases ’ ( FN 16/3/87 , p. 14 ) .
4 Is this , all these wonderful protection of animals , dogs and horses and so on , and pet shops and so on , do , does the Chief Fire Officer think in his local knowledge , that most of these have been inspected by his officers , or does he get the feeling there , that sometimes the district councils are not asking for these inspections ?
5 The question that needs to be asked about these results is do they demonstrate the function of the context as a retrieval cue or can they be explained away in other terms ?
6 I talk about these things because I 'm asked about these things .
7 Europe has asked for these to be provided .
8 It was asked on these words whether the lands should be regarded as left by trust .
9 Many questions were asked on these papers by the Panel , and the other thing that I thought was very revealing , is one point that I 've been hammering away at , is the fact that they actually produced these figures for U K car registrations over the last 10 years , 10 years ago there were one and a half million , last year there were nearly 2 and a half million .
10 It was when he was on his way to the billiard room to ask for these volunteers that the Collector suddenly felt faint .
11 What made me finally decide to insist on this was when I realized that had you been a man , Miranda , or had I not been personally involved with you , I would n't have hesitated to ask for these shares . ’
12 Remember they used to used they used to get these , the farmers used to ask for these boxes because they made er hen 's nests , you know that type you know where they Oh they were good boxes .
13 Now I think it 's , I think erm , the best question to ask in these circumstances is who benefits ?
14 If the training set also includes cats , dogs and cows , then we could not always ask for these values .
15 More and more trainees will present themselves at centres with widely varying degrees of knowledge , skills and attitudes in different areas and will ask for these to be recognised in some way or other .
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