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 . |