Example sentences of "ask [pron] [adv] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are quite capable of running our own piggy bank , without asking someone else to do it for us . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ All it means is you ca n't sort yourself out and you are asking somebody else to do it for you . ’ |
| 3 | But , eh listen , if , do n't be frighten if there 's anything that you do n't know do n't you be frightened of asking him how to do it |
| 4 | What could you stop doing , or devote less time to , or ask someone else to do ? |
| 5 | And everybo , when you contract out something , when you ask someone else to do something for you . |
| 6 | Everybody that comes in — you can imagine the reaction — and you ask him not to do it and his language is appalling , and he goes on doing it . |
| 7 | He had asked her never to do that . |
| 8 | erm and it was so successful that they asked us again to do one from the United States |
| 9 | ‘ The temptation is to give them everything , ’ says Janka Stuttard , the Russian speaker who co-ordinated the visit , ‘ but their parents asked us not to do that because it makes it difficult for them to settle back home . |