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

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1 Following a short interview about the further offence , the officer whom he had requested to see told him that he could not ask him any questions about the early offence for which he had already been charged but said that he could make a statement if he wished .
2 David looked rather odd as she said that , but he left so quickly that she could not ask him anything about it and picked up her book to absorb the time until Annunziata brought in her supper .
3 She could n't ask him to stay then yell at him for caring for her .
4 Hari looked down at Craig 's bowed shoulders , she could n't ask him to leave not now .
5 Because he had refused to be paid she could n't ask him to come back again to deal with the seepage .
6 ‘ I could n't ask him in , could I ?
7 With Tim here I could n't ask him . ’
8 She knew her father would lend her whatever she needed to cancel her debt to Nathan Bryce , but she could n't ask him .
9 No , she definitely could n't ask him .
10 Yeah I said cos I could n't ask him to do for nothing .
11 She dare not ask him whether his proposal was thereby withdrawn .
12 Maybe I shall hear full soon enough , but I dare not ask him about the poor lady .
13 This was the one question Robert had been hoping the headmaster would not ask him .
14 ‘ I would n't ask him for help if I were on a sinking ship and he was the only one with a lifebelt ! ’
15 ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst .
16 Yeah , well , I would n't ask him because I think it 's too cold for poor devil to work , you know
17 No I mean we would n't ask him if he 's not well .
18 I mean I would n't ask him if he is n't very well .
19 And then I would n't ask him .
20 I wish you would n't ask him that !
21 ‘ Well , as I ca n't ask him … ’
22 He 'll go on bringing me cigarettes ( if he does n't I sha n't ask him for them ) and food .
23 Last year , while Mr Brown was earning $195,000 , Mr Powell was reportedly getting more than $275,000 from LACMA , and National Gallery Chairman Franklin Murphy told The Art Newspaper , ‘ We certainly wo n't ask him to take a cut in salary ’ .
24 We can not ask him , because he is not here , but it is an important question , to which his constituents have a right to know his answer .
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