Example sentences of "but [pron] ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | For crossing the border into Iran , he had a code ( ’ I am coming for Mustafa ’ ) , but no-one asked for it ; and so they landed in Tehran . |
| 2 | It asks for open vindication , he wrote , but I ask only to do my task . |
| 3 | I have no wish to intrude my feelings upon the many bereaved people who insert such notices , but I ask myself — why do they invite me to intrude upon their private grief by inserting the notice in that most public of places , the newspaper ? |
| 4 | But I ask you to accept that we are all human and that sometimes we make mistakes . |
| 5 | But I ask myself one question : what should be the reparation for having been removed from life for 18 years , with my brothers ? |
| 6 | You may believe what you choose but I ask you to accept that you are wrong on that point . |
| 7 | I fully share the concern felt about the dastardly acts in Ulster and the United Kingdom as a whole , but I ask hon. Members to keep their questions brief . |
| 8 | I appreciate that the number of cases in which the taker and driver away is not the driver who goes on to cause personal injury or damage will be comparatively few , but I ask my right hon. Friend whether it is necessary to make such a draconian change in the traditional principles of British law , or to do it by reversing the normal burden of proof . |
| 9 | Ministers pride themselves on their attention to detail , but I ask them to lift their eyes and survey a broader picture . |
| 10 | Of course , in these difficult circumstances you seek to keep order , but I ask you to reflect on one problem and to see what you can do about it . |
| 11 | But I ask you , John — apart from the fact that we always beat them , there are lots of reasons why we should get just as much publicity as them . |
| 12 | There 's a small bonus there at four and a half but I ask people to fix in their mind |
| 13 | Now I I 've chosen an example w with a Conservative Secretary of State and the Labour majority , but I ask the Noble Lords on all , in all parts of the House to think it could work the other way round , because a Labour Secretary of State could exercise exactly these powers in an area where with a er Conservative majority on on er on on the local council or councils and I ask the House to think of this , not in a party er as a as a party issue between Labour , Conservative or Liberal Democrat , I just ask you to consider whether it is right for a Secretary of State of any political persuasion to er secure by appointment to a police authority a political control from the centre of that police authority , because that is what the Government 's presents proposals would still achieve and er it is our view and it is the view of which is which is finds expression in Amendments five , eight and eleven that the we should return to the tripartite system of p of policing which policing is a partnership between the Chief Constable er the local authority in the area and the Home Secretary , that er tripartite arrangement has worked extremely well for thirty years , there have been minor conflicts in some parts of the country , but nothing to justify the wholesale removal of of of the partnership which is now proposed . |
| 14 | ‘ But I ask you to be Americans again , to be interested not just in getting but in giving … not just in looking out for yourselves , but in looking out for others . ’ |
| 15 | Well , but I ask you that one . |
| 16 | He wanted to rush round straight away but I asked him to be patient . |
| 17 | ‘ I wish I could be as certain but I asked the hospital to meet her as well just in case . |
| 18 | I watched it done before , once , as a student , and it turned my stomach , and it was very distressing to me , and in the end Carrington was going to die , and he did die , but I asked him if he would do it my way . |
| 19 | I was a fool ; I ought to have let it go at that , but I asked him why he did n't approve — and had a regular tirade ! |
| 20 | But I asked one when we ( they ) were talking about income tax and rents and rates , and Herman implied that 95% was much the same as 100% . |
| 21 | I still thought it meant the truck was used for hunting but I asked the labs to check her clothing just in case . |
| 22 | " No , but I asked . |
| 23 | I wondered why the girl was clothed and Nour naked , but I asked no questions . |
| 24 | I was really too ill to travel , but I asked my father to take me home immediately . |
| 25 | ‘ Mummy , I 'm sorry , but I asked him why he hated me so much … anyway , I do n't mind — I 'm happy he 's not my father ! ’ |
| 26 | I have just said that I think that ’ jerk ’ is not among the list of unparliamentary expressions but I asked the Leader of the Opposition to refine it . |
| 27 | Yeah , but I asked a load to Phil 's dad and |
| 28 | I put that as an amendment , not reiterating the entire Labour budget , but I asked the Liberal Democrats , who purport to want to erm provide that sort of service to vulnerable people could they not accept that extra half a million pounds as an amendment , and two out of the group abstained , the rest of them voted against that as an amendment . |
| 29 | But I asked them to photograph those documents which we found and they do n't want to do it , so that 's up to them . |
| 30 | They all put in their tenpenny 's worth about what they thought should be filmed , but nobody asked my opinion , and I 'd been in more films than the rest of the cast put together . |