Example sentences of "[not/n't] ask [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man who receives an electric shock does not ask himself whether he believes in the form of energy known as electricity . |
| 2 | He did not ask himself , as in my view he ought , whether on the undisputed evidence this might be a case for a verdict of death aggravated by lack of care . |
| 3 | Should we not ask ourselves whether the adulteress had a bad family upbringing , lacking in love , that she reacts in this way ? |
| 4 | She did not ask herself then under what compulsion he had made his plots or constructed his worlds ; she accepted them as one accepts fairy tales in childhood . |
| 5 | This suggests that the child does n't ask himself how the letters he has written down might be pronounced . |
| 6 | I did n't wonder why she 'd taken to using a typewriter when her last messages to me were handwritten , and I did n't ask myself how Edouard could have talked to me all that time without mentioning there was an envelope for me . ’ |