Example sentences of "[vb past] 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 No , it never occurred to me — but then I did n't ask him , I just assumed it was meat .
10 ‘ I did n't ask him to look at me . ’
11 I did n't ask him about Will .
12 But Nigel did n't ask him for help .
13 We did n't ask him that , Constable , ’ said Dalziel .
14 They did n't ask him what he meant .
15 She did n't ask him to enlarge further on that long-ago disappointment .
16 ‘ Perhaps you did n't ask him to , ’ he mocked .
17 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 .
18 ‘ You did n't ask him that ? ’
19 We did n't ask him how the injured occured .
20 I did n't ask him but he said he required them .
21 he offered , I did n't ask him
22 I did n't ask him !
23 he did n't , and the guy did n't ask him .
24 I did n't ask him whether he got back
25 He was known to be ‘ worried about Marcus ’ , but Franca had not asked him exactly what the worry was .
26 His parents had not asked him what sort of holiday he had had or how the flight had been .
27 I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything .
28 She wondered idly why Rose had not asked him to apply the sun-cream and then realised that he was not among the swimmers .
29 Rose had n't asked him where they were driving to ; she did n't care anyhow : it was enough to be with him in the day .
30 She had n't asked him to come .
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