Example sentences of "ask [pron] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not , as I had feared , ask me to perform covert assassinations on his behalf and nor did he insist on my using my eidetic capabilities to project myself into the noumenal world that he inhabited with such terrifying ease . |
| 2 | ‘ Jack used to call me into the office , ask me to sign three letters and then order me back out onto the training pitch because he knew that was my second home . ’ |
| 3 | Redefine the problem in terms of a challenge , ask them to take two steps backwards and treat it as an experiment . |
| 4 | 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 … |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | You could even use a polaroid camera , show them the photo , ask them to recreate that moment . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I ask nobody to work seven days a week or twelve hours a day , except in very limited periods when we all have to . |
| 12 | But on a serious note , if we go along this line of the one thing , to me then , of getting what we need , we have gas , we have electric , the one thing we do need , nobody could survive without , is water , Congress I ask you to support this m this motion . |
| 13 | Conference , I ask you to support this motion that calls for a publicity campaign to name those employers and establishments that exploit th their staff so they can make a fat profit , and to update the hotel list . |
| 14 | I ask you to support this motion . |
| 15 | Your Royal Highness sorry , Your Royal Highness er before we , we ask you to close this meeting I would like to ask our members to show their appreciation for the wonderful way you have chaired this Annual General Meeting , for your presence here and the gracious way you support the sport throughout the season . |
| 16 | I ask you to do one thing for me — listen . |
| 17 | And the reason for that is that we ask you to do three things when you get in front of the advertiser having got his commitment . |
| 18 | But we ask you to spare some time during the holiday to think of those who are less fortunate . |
| 19 | He said , hardly aware of the severity in his voice : 'Did n't Chief Inspector Rickards ask you to keep this information confidential ? ’ |
| 20 | In Berkshire , on the M four , junction eleven to junction twelve , the A thirty three and Theale , it 's roadworks causing a ten mile tailback there in both directions and police ask you to avoid that area . |
| 21 | ‘ Just because he looks amiable — which is the complete and utter misconception people are apt to labour under — people he barely knows ask him to do all sorts of weird and wonderful things . |
| 22 | Ask him to put some water in a bowl , and you can bring it into the scullery . |
| 23 | ‘ If I ask him to give Sidacai pardon , I will forfeit his favour . ’ |
| 24 | Ask him to make some sort of crutch for me . |
| 25 | In any event , I ask him to consider four facts : |
| 26 | I ask him to help this misery who has me under his power . |
| 27 | You ask him to speak some Hebrew to you . |
| 28 | ‘ I want ye to go upstairs to yer daughter , ’ he said in a low , hard voice , ‘ and ask her to answer one question . |
| 29 | If you ask anyone to apply conscious thought to it , it just goes . |