Example sentences of "asking you to " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Nobody 's asking you to be anything less . |
| 2 | I 'd have liked to prolong it by asking you to supper , but … ’ |
| 3 | I am asking you to be my wife . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ Because I 'm asking you to . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I did wonder , ’ said Sophia at last in desperation , ‘ whether I had committed a grave social error in asking you to dinner alone when you may very well have a mother , wife or fiancee who should have been invited too . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm not asking you to , ’ he said coldly . |
| 8 | Once again I am asking you to ‘ plug ’ it in your classes and if there is still some reluctance on the part of class members , perhaps the proceeds of social fund raising could be used to buy membership for some members of the class ; at the present time membership is just as important as society funds . |
| 9 | Eventually when all of the information is gathered in , we 're asking you to quite simply reject this . |
| 10 | ‘ I told you , I am asking you to be my grandmother 's companion . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I was asking you to be whatever you wished to be , cara . ’ |
| 12 | Well that 's why I 'm asking you to , to , to draw this up . |
| 13 | I 'm not asking you to . |
| 14 | He 's got a nerve asking you to , well letting you do this . |