Example sentences of "ask [pron] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Cos you ask me how to spell them !
2 have moved on Ask me once to go with you
3 And then you 've got ta ring them up and ask them again to see who 's to see who Cos they usually say , Well I 'll see what I can do , and then you 've got to ring them up again and see if they 've done anything , and and er and then sometimes you 've got ta ring them up again .
4 go to other people and ask them up to dance and all do you ?
5 If you have to clean a patient 's eyes , take great care and ask them not to move .
6 Ask someone else to justify how much it meant to us .
7 What could you stop doing , or devote less time to , or ask someone else to do ?
8 And everybo , when you contract out something , when you ask someone else to do something for you .
9 You can do this even if you also want to go and speak , or ask someone else to speak for you .
10 On the back of Rousselet 's letter he adds : ‘ I ask you please to give my regards to my sisters , to M. Colin , and to M. Louis Hotteterre at the Opera and to M. Louis Hotteterre at the Opera , my godfather , and to all my friends . ’
11 I ask you not to cheapen her life in your film .
12 I ask you not to give me jewels and fine clothes . ’
13 ‘ Will you forgive me if I ask you not to ask me questions ? ’
14 ‘ I ask you not to use this word in official correspondence . ’
15 ‘ I ask you not to fight with him . ’
16 We ask you solemnly to proclaim the Republic before the people gathered here . "
17 For that reason we ask you herewith to supply your VAT registration number .
18 I ask you now to name your own price , and the guarantees you shall have also . ’
19 That hand is proffered for a farewell handshake , and this time I ask him not to squeeze so hard .
20 Everybody that comes in — you can imagine the reaction — and you ask him not to do it and his language is appalling , and he goes on doing it .
21 Ask her also to bring needle and thread . "
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