Example sentences of "ask you to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I asked you to be honest so I 've no right to complain because you 've spelt it all out . |
| 2 | ‘ No one asked you to be , ’ she said stiffly , watching him slide his body into the chair and dig into his plate of food with relish . |
| 3 | ‘ Nobody asked you to . ’ |
| 4 | But it was there when my heart softened on witnessing the courtesy you showed my housekeeper , the smile you had for her ; there when I asked you to dinner with no certainty why I 'd done so , other than that it most assuredly was n't on account of any interview . |
| 5 | Nobody 's asking you to be anything less . |
| 6 | I 'd have liked to prolong it by asking you to supper , but … ’ |
| 7 | I am asking you to be my wife . ’ |
| 8 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 9 | ‘ Because I 'm asking you to . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I did wonder , ’ said Sophia at last in desperation , ‘ whether I had committed a grave social error in asking you to dinner alone when you may very well have a mother , wife or fiancee who should have been invited too . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm not asking you to , ’ he said coldly . |
| 12 | Once again I am asking you to ‘ plug ’ it in your classes and if there is still some reluctance on the part of class members , perhaps the proceeds of social fund raising could be used to buy membership for some members of the class ; at the present time membership is just as important as society funds . |
| 13 | Eventually when all of the information is gathered in , we 're asking you to quite simply reject this . |
| 14 | ‘ I told you , I am asking you to be my grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I was asking you to be whatever you wished to be , cara . ’ |
| 16 | Well that 's why I 'm asking you to , to , to draw this up . |
| 17 | I 'm not asking you to . |
| 18 | He 's got a nerve asking you to , well letting you do this . |
| 19 | You should keep all your P11 forms and pay records for at least 3 years after the end of the tax year to which they relate , or longer if the Inland Revenue asks you to . |
| 20 | He remembered that at his formal entry ( matriculation ) the praelector of the college gave all the new undergraduates advice on their deportment : ‘ If a Fellow asks you to lunch , leave at 2.15 p.m. ; unless the general conversation is particularly interesting when you may leave at 2.25 p.m . ’ |
| 21 | There is no need to worry if someone asks you to ‘ pull down the elephant 's trunk ’ — why ? |
| 22 | Whatever the state of your test results , God can make your life useful and successful IF you are willing to do what he asks you to . |
| 23 | Pat has also asked me to thank those who gave their names to be pen friends and asks you to be patient as she is too ill to distribute them yet . |
| 24 | It would al I think it probably also asks you to group them properly . |
| 25 | Congress , the Central Executive asks you to , the Central Executive accepts motion one six six with a qualification . |
| 26 | Last , but definitely not least , I ask you to carefully read the ‘ situation vacant ’ list for the committee . |
| 27 | All these cases are ones in which the addressee of the words ‘ I ask you to be content ’ has already benefited under another disposition , and is now suffering the indignity of having that testamentary largesse curtailed . |
| 28 | Till I ask you to ? ’ |
| 29 | And if they ask you to it probably means they 're in trouble anyway . |
| 30 | ‘ Jane , ’ he said , ‘ I ask you to be my wife . |