Example sentences of "asking [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Asking them to recount the last incidence of the problem behaviour often helps . |
| 2 | This was done by asking them to report the position of a dot moving round an oscilloscope screen at the moment of the experience . |
| 3 | She moved to the phone on the wall and called the switchboard , asking them to page the physician , and then turned back to their patient . |
| 4 | Tony did not want to involve his father or the rest of the family on a regular basis , but he was prepared to consider asking them to join the sessions at some stage , if necessary . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's no use playing two wingers like Morrissey and Nevin and asking them to do the defensive bit for you . |
| 6 | ‘ If the League agree to our request we are also asking them to lift the transfer ban on incoming players the consortium will make £250,000 immediately available to the club . |
| 7 | ‘ Ward councillors have received a number of complaints and we will be contacting the Association , asking them to make the builders behave in a responsible manner . ’ |
| 8 | The navigator had survived with head injuries but the third crew member was O.K. I signalled to Athens asking them to designate the nearest airfield where I could pick up Brown and White in a Maryland . |
| 9 | ‘ We were asking them to play the main role in caring for their children , but they felt their authority was being undermined by the assessments . |
| 10 | An immediate appeal to the BBC 's board of governors asking them to ban the programme is also to be made . |
| 11 | I wrote to the editors of all the major newspapers and television channels asking them to cover the anniversary . |
| 12 | Perhaps it was this that prompted Mr Milosevic to dispatch an emissary to the Bosnian Serbs , asking them to sign the plan . |
| 13 | Alfie Hall , 44 , telephoned and wrote to Lloyds Bank asking them to check the mystery money . |
| 14 | All winners of certificates and awards were written to individually asking them to check the details on their forms as this was the information that would be used in the presentations . |
| 15 | By then Posi was asking me to explain the connection between Ardakkean phetam and the carrion bird of Old Earth called the vulture . |
| 16 | ‘ Are you asking me to collect the grouse for you ? ’ |
| 17 | Listen , listen so you may have a right to defend at any cost which you think is privileged society the fact of the matter is people out there I received twenty seven letters in support against the fox hunting I did not receive a single letter asking me to support the fox hunting . |
| 18 | You 're not asking me to read the part er B at all at this stage . |
| 19 | Besides , by asking me to make the decisions , you have implied that there 's nothing you can do here that my crew and I ca n't . |
| 20 | Here is where I think it begins-with Mr. Henry Mendez , the Hatch & Hodges Division Manager at Sweetmary and still my boss at the time , asking me to ride the 16 miles down to Delgado 's with him in the mud wagon . |
| 21 | I would like to follow up your article on the Letters page of April 's Woodworker by asking you to put the following question to your experts or readers . |
| 22 | C E C are therefore asking you to oppose the motion . |
| 23 | Mr C. Jones , of Kingswood , Bristol , wins our first £25 prize by asking you to name the players in that time who have won the award with two different clubs . |
| 24 | You must be an assessor of the DC to register your decision ( you will have been sent a mail message asking you to assess the DC ) . |
| 25 | No special LIFESPAN privileges are required to use this option but you must be an assessor of the DC to register a decision ( you will have been sent a mail message asking you to assess the DC ) . |
| 26 | But I am so fond of the people in A Wreath of Roses and have so lately re-read it , that I am perhaps tiresomely asking you to do the same thing again . |
| 27 | yes , it 's tonight , it 's filling in the application form , but we 're asking you to read the scenario so you know a little bit about the people , and then this is all the information that 's been gathered . |
| 28 | ‘ Major , we are not asking you to start the investigation again from scratch . |
| 29 | The judge publicly rebuked the jury , and wrote to the Governor , J. West Ridgeway , asking him to pardon the convicted men . |
| 30 | A Mr. Chapman wrote to Whitbread asking him to return the copy of a report written by Dr. Yeats who had seen the girl on admission . |