Example sentences of "not ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | That night , Gaily had told his mother , told her , not asked her , since he was thirty-two now and master of the house . |
| 2 | I 'm not asking for a few soothing words to calm my conscience ; if I can , I want to help . |
| 3 | ‘ We are not asking for names , Mr Cameron . |
| 4 | I 'm not asking for more than any other 22-year-old — just the same . ’ |
| 5 | After all , we 're not asking much . |
| 6 | Although Joe Nichols in the New York Times wrote that ‘ Lester Piggott rode with the competence that has stamped him as one of the world 's great riders , and brought his mount home in time ’ , the Washington Post thought that ‘ there could be fault-finding with Piggott 's tactics in tucking in on the rail and not asking his mount for more of the effort he had in reserve ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's all right , I 'm not asking you to divulge that purpose . |
| 8 | I am not asking for Camelot , after all . |
| 9 | He was not asking . |
| 10 | I 'M NOT asking for preferential treatment . |
| 11 | It 's not asking much , when all this thing is your thing , is n't it ? |
| 12 | ‘ These PA people — not asking for their money back , are they ? |
| 13 | But as he came closer I saw that he was not asking a question . |
| 14 | In ( b ) we are not asking the student to make up any bed but a particular kind of bed for a particular patient . |
| 15 | Fortunately , this is not asking too much . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm not asking Mary ’ . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm not asking you to marry me , ’ she insists . |
| 18 | Hopefully there wo n't be any problems , but I 'm not asking the promoter Wilfred Sauerland to take any extra precautions . |
| 19 | Not asking too many questions . |
| 20 | She was not asking , she was demanding ; but they were all used to her ways and were probably scared of upsetting her in case she changed her mind about the invitations . |
| 21 | I 'm not asking , I 'm begging . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not asking for advice– but I want to talk through something with you . |
| 23 | ‘ If each of them can just improve a little bit in 10 ways , the team will improve in a hundred ways and that 's not asking a lot of them . ’ |
| 24 | Not asking questions . |
| 25 | Paul is not asking us to be passive . |
| 26 | You are not asking the impossible . |
| 27 | ‘ Do n't get me wrong — we 're not asking for any favours from the referee , ’ said the inspirational Leeds midfielder . |
| 28 | Consequently , when we ask about the autonomy of classes within the complex whole we are not asking about their ability — or lack of it — to make choices , any more than we would ask if a force of production could choose . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , I 'm not asking you , Mum . |
| 30 | He pointed out that , unlike the South Western Board , he was not asking for any subsidy . |