Example sentences of "she [modal v] [adv] ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | What she must not ask , but at the same time must n't be thought not to be asking , was what would happen when Harry came next . |
| 2 | She must not ask who was on the telephone . |
| 3 | Occasionally she could see a gleam in Rachel 's eye , as though she might suddenly ask him if his intentions were honourable , but for the first time in her life she learned to be grateful for her mother 's good manners . |
| 4 | ‘ She 'll probably ask for her clothes as soon as she comes round , ’ I said , just for the sake of something to say . |
| 5 | She could not ask Rachel to help her . |
| 6 | David looked rather odd as she said that , but he left so quickly that she could not ask him anything about it and picked up her book to absorb the time until Annunziata brought in her supper . |
| 7 | But she could not ask Lubor anything about the man who attracted her so . |
| 8 | But she knew she could n't ask while Gloria was still getting herself straight inside . |
| 9 | Dot did n't mind about the toys and she knew she could n't ask for ginger pop because that cost money but she would have liked to have had her victory token back . |
| 10 | She could n't ask him to stay then yell at him for caring for her . |
| 11 | Hari looked down at Craig 's bowed shoulders , she could n't ask him to leave not now . |
| 12 | Because he had refused to be paid she could n't ask him to come back again to deal with the seepage . |
| 13 | She could n't ask Aunt Sarah or Uncle Nick to help ; there was no way of explaining it to them without sounding crazy . |
| 14 | She knew her father would lend her whatever she needed to cancel her debt to Nathan Bryce , but she could n't ask him . |
| 15 | It seemed crazy that she could n't ask outright — claim the relationship which was almost certainly hers . |
| 16 | But she could n't ask , and she looked away from him , her glance falling on the flowers on the poet Mácha 's statue . |
| 17 | He seated himself in a chair and Emily paused for a moment , she could hardly ask the maid to bring the girl into the drawing-room where Spencer would be listening to every word . |
| 18 | She could hardly ask Mr Gillman . |
| 19 | At most , she 'll reprimand you , and she 'd hate that so much she 'd probably ask me to do it for her . ’ |
| 20 | Sometimes she wondered if Ember watched those too , but she 'd never ask . |
| 21 | Once more Sarah trudged to St Bartholomew 's , but James had n't returned and she dare n't ask if he was likely to be much longer . |
| 22 | She dare not ask him whether his proposal was thereby withdrawn . |
| 23 | She dare not ask Miss Coldharbour . |
| 24 | She need not ask for it . |
| 25 | His mother looked nervously at them as they came in long after dark — she was obdurately against the recalling of ‘ the bad old times ’ and she would neither ask them what they had seen nor let them tell her . |
| 26 | She would n't ask twice . |
| 27 | ‘ So explain , ’ I said , hoping she would n't ask why . |
| 28 | He would n't remember and I hoped she would n't ask nasty questions . |
| 29 | Erm and she 's had seven youngsters and she 's brought them up and she a , on her own she 's had to bring them up cos he left her for another , another woman and erm she had the seven and she 's worked and fought hard cos she would n't ask for a darn thing and er they 're , they 're great those kids , they are , they 're a credit to her , you know , but it 's taken it out of her , she 's |
| 30 | She would not ask for any further exchange of nuclear information , but she must be released from her obligation not to use the knowledge she already possessed in seeking collaboration with other partners . |