Example sentences of "asking [pers pn] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ask yourself , ‘ What precisely is it I wish my child to say and/or do when I am asking him/her to be good , polite , helpful , kind ? ’ ( or any of those other vague goals parents set for their bemused offspring ) . |
| 2 | You do n't start with 20-year-olds by asking them to be a service to the collective . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Novell chairman Ray Noorda is said to be circulating a letter among industry executives asking them to be expert witnesses in the FTC case against Microsoft . |
| 4 | Asking them to be good so that she would n't get into trouble . |
| 5 | Is my hon. Friend worried — as I am — that the Bill will perhaps not get through to the next stage given the fact that this morning the Northern Region Councils Association — a Labour-dominated body — wrote to every Member of Parliament in the northern region asking them to be present for this important debate ? |
| 6 | ‘ You are asking me to be clairvoyant as well as indiscreet . |
| 7 | You 'd hurt me so badly — there I was , head over heels in love with you , and you were asking me to be your mistress . ’ |
| 8 | And thanks for asking me to be bridesmaid . |
| 9 | now Mr what I 'm asking you about is the space see how I 'm speaking out so try and speak up like this so the jury can hear . |
| 10 | ‘ No , all I 'm asking you for is a few moments of Master Lorimer 's time . |
| 11 | Nobody 's asking you to be anything less . |
| 12 | I am asking you to be my wife . ’ |
| 13 | I will not insult you by asking you to be my servant , Burkett , but nevertheless I could use a good man to drive this coach down to Grasmere , get me some fishing over a few days , be prepared to go the odd errand — about a week in all I would guess . |
| 14 | ‘ I told you , I am asking you to be my grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I was asking you to be whatever you wished to be , cara . ’ |
| 16 | W. Wilshere , a fellow magistrate , wrote to Samuel Whitbread asking him to be present when the girl was questioned . |
| 17 | BLANKED a complimentary letter from the ‘ Proud To Be Plain Club ’ ( ‘ we believe a woman can look average and human in public and still play a role in society ’ ) asking her to be club mascot . |
| 18 | He was asking her to be his mistress . |
| 19 | Paul is not asking us to be passive . |