Example sentences of "ask them [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We asked them to consider two things — what would make a good general gift for any fishkeeper — and what would they actually want to find in their Christmas stocking . |
| 2 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 3 | Erm , I do n't know how , what we can do , I , I would suggest that we er , the Council writes to the President of the Board of Trade , making representations in support of the original boundaries of the bid , and , and also writes to our M Ps , whose constituencies are involved in this bid area , asking them to support these representations , er , er , and do the best we can to make sure that the , the five B area is as we submitted it . |
| 4 | They returned from an outing to find a note on the door asking them to call local police about a ‘ serious family problem ’ . |
| 5 | It need only do what it does now when it examines doctors ' behaviour by asking them to justify that behaviour before a panel of their professional peers . |
| 6 | Recently the Friends contacted hospital staff asking them to make regular payments to the charity , with the money funding schemes such as a creche and health care bursaries . |
| 7 | What we 're doing is showing them the colour of light , the hydrogen spectrum that 's given off and asking them to make some measurements on it which give a clue to the nature of what is happening in hydrogen . |
| 8 | D' ya think it might be worth writing to some of the and asking them to donate any paper plates ? |
| 9 | Two months before his departure he wrote to twelve or fifteen poets , requesting their public support for Pound and asking them to provide private testimonials in the event that he should be tried and sentenced for his crime : there was , at this stage , a strong possibility that Pound would be condemned to death . |
| 10 | It thereupon wrote to all institutions offering advanced work asking them to provide detailed information about student numbers and other aspects of planning forward to 1984–5 . |
| 11 | Redefine the problem in terms of a challenge , ask them to take two steps backwards and treat it as an experiment . |
| 12 | Reuter says that with the help of General Media International Inc , the Penthouse magazine empire has just launched a dial-up service in the US where for a monthly fee plus usage , lechers can view their favourite Pets from their personal computer , ask them to perform various acts — and play photographer , taking shots with the mouse while the model performs … |
| 13 | We ask them to be multi- skilled , we ask them to use new technology , we ask them to be obsessed as they should be with quality add customer service . |
| 14 | Far better to catch the parent in the playground or corridor and ask them to spare five minutes when it 's convenient just to pop in to have a quiet little chat . |
| 15 | You could even use a polaroid camera , show them the photo , ask them to recreate that moment . |
| 16 | Discuss the importance of the UP to urban and inner cities community development initiatives with your MP and any other MP or Peer that you may have contact with and ask them to raise these issues with government . |
| 17 | And first of all before we er we put the reports we , there are a number of er , there 's one alteration and a number of er , additions obviously alteration or I should say a a an amendment is something an important place on page fifteen er , at the tope of the page referring to December nineteen ninety two I 've put , which is agreed by GP committee with the exception of young these representatives , that we ask them to bring thirty pounds towards the cost that should be twenty five . |
| 18 | You 'll find that many of your creditors , such as a building society , credit companies and so on , will be as helpful as they can if you ask them to accept smaller payments for a while . |
| 19 | If the school is already well on the way to successful marketing then relationships with parents as a group and on an individual basis will be or good quality and it will be fairly straightforward to contact people directly to ask them to undertake specific responsibilities . |
| 20 | Robertson confirmed in the second paragraph of his signal that " movement to Italy of all Germans is not acceptable because it would cause serious blockage on our L of C. He therefore informed McCreery that AFHQ would be " approaching 12th Army Group immediately " to ask them to accept all German surrendered personnel from 5 Corps , with the exception of " arrestable categories " , such as SS . |
| 21 | Others , and particularly the teachers , may seem too busy with their classes for the head to ask them to share this part of the school work-load , there is a shortage of clerical support , the heads want to be seen as in charge of everything as far as possible , and so on . |
| 22 | I sat down with LIFE and worked through their philosophy , erm in line with our own as it were , and they agreed , and I would ask them to agree this year that any paperwork or any leaflets they distribute make it very clear that a choice remains for a woman in terms of whether or not she should have an abortion , because LIFE is fairly , yes , Michael ? |
| 23 | We did n't ask them to do Electric House because that would have meant that you 'd got ta have enough lines there to take a bus timing every half an hour because Witton , well every quarter of an hour really . |
| 24 | She had not made them learn a definition of a sentence , which would be entirely inappropriate for this age group , nor did she ask them to complete meaningless exercises . |
| 25 | ‘ Shall I ask them to send some coffee in ? ’ |