Example sentences of "[be] ask [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You 're asking me for secrets of the confessional . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
| 3 | Webb is that what you 're asking me for , some webbing ? |
| 4 | The bill , th the , it 's three thousand pound , and they 're asking us for a thousand . |
| 5 | As I understand it Chair , what you 're saying is , that there are , at three there is a , a request for an exclusion of press photographers , but the convenience of press photography we 're saying that instead of taking immediately so that we 'd have to call them back here for the even later , we 're asking you for it to be taken at the end with the rest of exclusion |
| 6 | Eventually when all of the information is gathered in , we 're asking you to quite simply reject this . |
| 7 | This is the question an increasing number of consumers are asking themselves in the financially straitened Nineties . |
| 8 | ‘ You are asking me for money , ’ she said , shocked . |
| 9 | ‘ You are asking me to be clairvoyant as well as indiscreet . |
| 10 | We are asking you for your protection , everything is well documented and clear . |
| 11 | No-one was injured , and police at Grosvenor Road are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact them . |
| 12 | Police said a vehicle must have been used to carry away all the equipment and officers are asking anyone with information to contact them on Middlesbrough 326326 . |
| 13 | He might have been asking her about the traffic on the way in from the airport . |
| 14 | And the question I 've been asking myself of this , is that erm , where did we start from . |
| 15 | She had been asking him about the little wooden cities which adorned the shelves in her room . |
| 16 | ‘ You 've been asking me for weeks if I 'm jealous ! |
| 17 | First of all , many people have been asking me on this programme in the past what credentials you people on the Council have for setting a budget . |
| 18 | Ask yourself , ‘ What precisely is it I wish my child to say and/or do when I am asking him/her to be good , polite , helpful , kind ? ’ ( or any of those other vague goals parents set for their bemused offspring ) . |
| 19 | I am asking you to be my wife . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | ‘ I told you , I am asking you to be my grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 22 | The reason I 'm asking you about that is erm I had er I had when I had my own business I was approached and we 've got an estate agent in the Hamilton called |
| 23 | now Mr what I 'm asking you about is the space see how I 'm speaking out so try and speak up like this so the jury can hear . |
| 24 | When I was in police custody the doctor came in to see me and gave me some tablets and I 'm asking you for some now . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ No , all I 'm asking you for is a few moments of Master Lorimer 's time . |
| 26 | ‘ Because I 'm asking you to . ’ |
| 27 | Well that 's why I 'm asking you to , to , to draw this up . |
| 28 | You will be asking yourself for trouble . |
| 29 | And this shows if you give the book out at the end and then what 'll the guy say you wan na give it out at the beginning , sow the seed that this is the only way you work , you 're now thinking well this guy 's gon na be asking me for recommendations at some stage during the hour together |
| 30 | ‘ We have n't seen the Queen since the garden party , ’ said Brian , ‘ but I do n't suppose you 'll be asking her to dinner . ’ |