Example sentences of "[noun prp] [adv] ask to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is denied by the defendant and what is the issue of trial is that they deny that they were ever instructed by Mr er to save such a measure or that it would have been appropriate to serve them or that at any stage Mr ever asked to be advised on any way open to him to get out of the contract er as alleged . |
| 2 | Greta Garbo even asked to be introduced to them . |
| 3 | We know that Dr Carrington ultimately asked to be allowed to die . |
| 4 | But , says STEVE BALE , Neath never asked to be placed on a pedestal . |
| 5 | The point , though , is that Neath never asked to be set on this pedestal . |