Example sentences of "did [not/n't] ask [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 He did not ask her to sit down but said to her straightaway , ‘ What has she told you ? ’
2 She wondered a little resentfully why he did not ask her to go , though she would have been scared if he actually had done so ; she lacked a North American youngster 's experience with the opposite sex .
3 Since I was not going to discuss the future with him , I did not ask him to elaborate , but I registered his disappointment and thought that , if that was how he felt , he was making it easier for me to leave him .
4 He followed her into the living-room but she did not ask him to sit down .
5 We did not ask them to raise £250,000 to fund our project . ’
6 The point is , you see , that I did not ask you to go and look at the time on that clock ; I merely asked you to study the numerals on it .
7 He did n't ask her to go to the village surgery , but made it clear that she was n't to stray too far from the complex when he was n't there .
8 So you did n't ask her to go .
9 ‘ I did n't ask her to come here this morning . ’
10 Toby did n't ask me to dance .
11 Mr did n't ask me to do it .
12 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 .
13 If the District Council were slack and did n't ask them to do it , we , we have no guarantee that er , that the premises that I 'm in are , are safe .
14 So he did n't listen to odd jibe about our millionaire friend , and he did n't ask them to pay .
15 He wished them happiness , but he did n't ask them to come home .
16 She did n't ask him to enlarge further on that long-ago disappointment .
17 ‘ I did n't ask him to look at me . ’
18 ‘ I did n't ask you to strip to the skin . ’
19 Well I do n't , oh yeah , I did n't ask you know .
20 I did n't ask you to carry me . '
21 And I did n't ask you to fall in love with me , either . ’
22 We did n't ask you to tape
23 ‘ I did n't ask you to come , or her , ’ said Philip .
24 And I did n't ask you to come waltzing into it .
25 ‘ I did n't ask you to come out with me , did I ? ’
26 I did n't ask you to come and pry into my life — ’
27 ‘ I did n't ask you to come here in the first place , and I certainly did n't ask for your help out here .
28 ‘ I did n't ask you to get me another one , did I ?
29 I jolly soon learnt what a crome was , I did n't ask I waited to find out .
30 ‘ Nobody did n't ask yer to bring yer coat here , lad .
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