Example sentences of "[verb] not ask him " in BNC.

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1 Artemis did n't understand what he meant , but dared not ask him .
2 She did not ask him his name , for she did not wish to know it .
3 Since I was not going to discuss the future with him , I did not ask him to elaborate , but I registered his disappointment and thought that , if that was how he felt , he was making it easier for me to leave him .
4 I did not ask him why , but I sensed that it was because he knew the culprit .
5 She did not ask him why he wanted to speak to them .
6 She had to find out whether her suspicions were true or not , and how else could she ever hope to do that if she did not ask him directly ?
7 No , I am dealing with the Foreign Secretary , who gave me a circumlocutory reply to a question that I did not ask him .
8 He followed her into the living-room but she did not ask him to sit down .
9 Do not ask him to admire anything .
10 No , it never occurred to me — but then I did n't ask him , I just assumed it was meat .
11 ‘ I did n't ask him to look at me . ’
12 I did n't ask him about Will .
13 But Nigel did n't ask him for help .
14 We did n't ask him that , Constable , ’ said Dalziel .
15 They did n't ask him what he meant .
16 She did n't ask him to enlarge further on that long-ago disappointment .
17 ‘ Perhaps you did n't ask him to , ’ he mocked .
18 She did n't ask him why he had chosen such an expensive place , although she privately resolved to have the cheapest items on the menu .
19 ‘ You did n't ask him that ? ’
20 We did n't ask him how the injured occured .
21 I did n't ask him but he said he required them .
22 he offered , I did n't ask him
23 I did n't ask him !
24 he did n't , and the guy did n't ask him .
25 I did n't ask him whether he got back
26 Oh , well I do n't to ask him cos I know he must be his A levels .
27 Do n't ask him about du Pre , ’ a New York music journalist warned me .
28 Do n't ask him about his new domestic set-up .
29 Wendy Cope is about as far from the old-boy generation as David Wright feels from his first meeting with George Barker , but she knows what they 're like : Do n't ask him the time of day .
30 Do n't ask him , Stew .
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