Example sentences of "ask [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The drum grew louder in the final roll , the flautists blew steadily , keying up anticipation , and the rattle fell silent as Dulé took one step with his other foot and left the ground , then hand over hand into the air shinned up the free-standing ladder till he alighted at the tenth rung and hung there like a heron on a breakwater at home , it seemed to Kit , even as he asked himself in wonder , what unearthly magic 's here ? |
2 | Do I want this job so badly ? she asked herself for the hundredth time . |
3 | As they began to climb the stairs , arms still wrapped around each other , Ronni asked herself for the hundredth time what she would do if he did . |
4 | So what was wrong with her ? she asked herself for the hundredth time as she sat sipping a glass of wine in his apartment in the Barbican some weeks after they 'd first met . |
5 | Phoebe lying on her bed in her mother 's house in north London , asked herself with a sudden rush of nostalgia . |
6 | And if he decided that he did n't want a divorce ? she asked herself with a small shiver . |
7 | Ah , but who , she asked herself with sudden foreboding , is going to cure you of Penry Meredith Vaughan ? |
8 | Is it only a fortnight ago , Dorothea asked herself in amazement ? |
9 | How , she asked herself in those early days , has it come about that I , daughter to a humble carpenter and a washerwoman , have become the companion and confidante of her who is close to the throne , who is sister-in-law to him who will one day be King of England ? |
10 | " And what next ? " she asked herself in a low voice . |
11 | We should be asking ourselves about the character of individuals which are being produced by the family forms that we have today and about law 's part in creating the domestic group . |
12 | Well I think personally I think it 's a very serious problem , but it 's something that we were talking earlier on and asking ourselves in what way , you know , the college or university authorities can set about policing undergraduate behaviour . |
13 | You will be asking yourself for trouble . |
14 | Keep asking yourself throughout the day ‘ Is this the best use of my time ? ’ |
15 | And the question I 've been asking myself of this , is that erm , where did we start from . |
16 | This is the question an increasing number of consumers are asking themselves in the financially straitened Nineties . |
17 | The field linguist , engaged in radical translation , asks himself under what conditions the natives would assent to a given occasion sentence S , and under what conditions they would dissent . |
18 | These are questions that man has asked himself since time began . |
19 | It was Boyle 's contention that if William Harvey had not asked himself about the purpose of valves in the veins , he might well not have discovered the circulation of the blood . |
20 | When an experienced teacher is planning a learning experience , she asks herself at least three questions : |
21 | One of the most difficult questions which teachers ask themselves throughout their professional lives concerns the nature of the differences between pupils . |
22 | Many libraries like ourselves have asked themselves to what extent the retention of these books [ rare books ] in any way contributes to the objectives of a modern public library . |
23 | I 've asked myself since a hundred times . |
24 | Think back to Jem Higgins and ask yourself of what use it would be for me to preach your message to him . ’ |
25 | Ask yourself about the current African political scene and read round it to find interesting parallels , since Mageeba represents a mixture of the kind of African leadership to be found . |
26 | I ask myself about you : Is he as innocent as his speech ? |
27 | I ask myself about you : Is he as innocent as his speech ? |
28 | Christ , I ask myself in a panic , how the shagging hell do you SIT ? |
29 | We shall have to ask ourselves in the next lecture to what extent they succeeded with so little Latin at their disposal . |
30 | These people have spiritual needs as real as ours are , so we need to ask ourselves in this parish what are we doing to help them ? |