Example sentences of "i am asking [pers pn] " 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 | ‘ I am asking them to satisfy myself , and because doing nothing bores me . |
| 3 | That is why I am asking you now to become a Friend of Save the Children . |
| 4 | Or failing the gift of a sum in cash , I am asking you to make it a business transaction , to buy what you clearly must need and what we can no longer afford to keep . |
| 5 | I am asking you to take up the privilege . |
| 6 | In these last days of the programme I am asking you to stretch your body even further than before . |
| 7 | This month is different because I am asking you to help other people . |
| 8 | " I am asking you to keep it to yourself . " |
| 9 | I say real progress has been made but today I am asking you to think about the next step a step that I am sure we all feel is at the heart of the matter a transforming step perhaps the critical step that will guarantee ultimate success in fulfilling god 's loving will for his church . |
| 10 | ‘ I am asking you — after this solemn declaration , what next ? ’ |
| 11 | I am asking you to be my wife . ’ |
| 12 | Therefore I am asking you to advise every man who comes without being passed by you that he will not be allowed to return home , and , in truth , I shall take his boat from him and lay himself fast . |
| 13 | ‘ I am asking you to walk on it further . |
| 14 | Yes , why I am asking you or I did I say |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Sensing some anxiety on my part about your reaction to the work I am asking you to do , you tell me . |
| 17 | ‘ Because what I am asking you to do is become the paid companion to la Principessa . ’ |
| 18 | So I am asking you to stay on in Rome until her recovery is complete . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I told you , I am asking you to be my grandmother 's companion . ’ |