Example sentences of "to ask [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moran was waiting anxiously to ask each evening . |
| 2 | Indeed , if you were to ask each what he or she infers from the term enrichment in this context , the divergence of their thinking may become apparent straight away . |
| 3 | And they were led — incredulity forced us to ask each other later if we had seen it — these legions of men in full battledress were led by a lone soldier in a forage cap sitting atop a T-62 tank , playing a flute . |
| 4 | A classic device for eliminating open conflict between two parties is to ask each to describe the other 's case , to the latter 's complete satisfaction . |
| 5 | Those at the back of the gathering now had to ask each other in whispers what the text had been , for they had been unable to hear it . |
| 6 | They had to ask each other about one element in the writing that they wanted to know more about , and each writer had to act on this question . |
| 7 | One simple way of deepening the " play " is to ask each group to consider what very special skills each individual brings to the group . |
| 8 | I 'm going to ask each one of you for two suggestions . |
| 9 | and he 's going to ask each of us to sign a a permission form in the end , because we have our we all own the copy right you know our own spoken word and er in order that this man can use what we actually speak today , is showing to want us individually to sign a form . |
| 10 | Okay I 'm going to ask each of you to speak for three minutes so you might like to jot that down . |
| 11 | This was largely due to the fact that Ramsey took every opportunity to ask that old people should retain their dignity and as much independence as possible . |
| 12 | ‘ You ought to know better than to ask that . |
| 13 | What do you think persuaded Dr Carrington to ask that treatment be terminated ? |
| 14 | It is perfectly reasonable to select a job advertisement for a similar post in a particular publication and to ask that journal to tell you what was the size of the response . |
| 15 | If you were to ask that man what is more important under Heaven — his public achievements or the death of that person — his answer would not be the majority one , the public one , but the private and particular one . |
| 16 | If , for instance , no one mentions what the pay will be , it is up to you to ask that question and obtain a satisfactory answer . |
| 17 | But it is unusual for a donor to ask that specific paintings be reframed . |
| 18 | It seems only fair to ask that future FRCC guidebook writers check out these rumours with the actual climbers involved . |
| 19 | ‘ You should know me better than to have to ask that . ’ |
| 20 | I would suggest you to ask that question in fact you 'll ask Gordon afterwards . |
| 21 | As I have said , even as a teenager I knew without having to ask that sexual intercourse would sap whatever magical powers I might have . |
| 22 | " It 's odd how you always have to ask that question , that you 'll only see him through other men 's eyes . |
| 23 | ’ You have no right to ask that question , Curb . |
| 24 | going to ask that as my next question . |
| 25 | ( to ask that ) |
| 26 | It is , as Lord Renton pointed out in an address to this Society in 1990 , too much to ask that legislation should always be expressed simply ; for the complexities of modern life do not always admit of simplicity and we can not afford , in providing a code of conduct , to sacrifice certainty to simplicity . |
| 27 | Say I told you to ask that . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You really do n't know much about me , if you have to ask that , do you ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose you have to ask that . |
| 30 | A convicted armed robber has gone to the High Court in Edinburgh to ask that special legal powers be used to re-examine his case . |