Example sentences of "asking [pron] [noun pl] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is very difficult to produce this type of game but I am asking my players to do it . |
| 2 | ‘ I am asking my accountants to have a look at it . |
| 3 | As the financial year 1992–3 draws to a close some hospitals are already asking their doctors to stop admitting patients for elective surgery until the new financial year . |
| 4 | And David Lee , spokesman for the Football Supporters ' Association said : ‘ We have asked the PFA to support the protest by asking their members to sit down for one minute on Saturday . ’ |
| 5 | George Kirkham sent out an appeal to all Anglo-Burman Associations asking their members to go back to Burma in this spirit , and demanding no special safeguards . |
| 6 | On Remembrance Sunday , ministers w ill be asking their congregations to remember their fellow countrymen who have died in war . |
| 7 | that 's something else which you might find , a lot of the time in er literature about interaction with children , you might find that er where parents are asking their children to do something , like if they 're playing a game , you might find some You 'll find that mothers and fathers talk differently to sons and daughters er so you start off with a direct ac action like Put that one there , if they 're playing lego or something , straight prom Put that on there down to er Would n't it be a good idea to put that on there down to Could you put that on there or Let's put it on there . |
| 8 | Fnac is asking its customers to sign a petition opposing the proposals to reintroduce r.p.m. on books . |
| 9 | The Royal College of Nursing in Oxford is asking its members to write to their local MPs and state their case for a pay award . |
| 10 | In the true spirit of empowerment , the company is asking its employees to nominate the recipients . |
| 11 | A baker is asking his customers to choose between doughnuts made with blue , red , yellow and green icing . |
| 12 | In holding the talks Chapman was asking his players to contribute to a joint effort , to become more involved with each other as a unit . |
| 13 | We are going to be asking our members to pay a further ten pence a week to maintain front-line services , but they feel they are not getting any . |
| 14 | We 're asking our troops to do more and more with less and less . |
| 15 | For this reason we are asking our readers to tell us about their experiences in the jobs race . |