Example sentences of "ask you " in BNC.
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| 31 | Also I must ask you — ‘ |
| 32 | In the unlikely event that matters can not be resolved to your satisfaction in the resort , the Representative will ask you to record details of any problems on a Holiday Report Form , of which you will be given a copy , and you must then follow up your report by writing to the Customer Relations Department at our Birmingham Head Office ( quoting the numbers of your Holiday Reference and Holiday Report forms ) within 42 days of returning from resort . |
| 33 | Do you think that I would ask you to risk your reputation , if I could think of another way ? ’ |
| 34 | Vive l'Impératrice ! ’ , until at one moment the Emperor stopped and addressed himself to those nearest saying courteously : ‘ If you want to please your Emperor , I would ask you to cry ‘ Vive la Reine ’ . ’ |
| 35 | He was also the kind of editor who would ask you to check the spelling of a place name or the age of a politician ( he was born in 1920 ) . |
| 36 | I must ask you to keep quiet , or leave the meeting . ’ |
| 37 | Two copies of each of these Agreements are now being sent by mail to you , and I would ask you to arrange for signature of these documents by Three Vee Ltd , before returning them to us for signature . |
| 38 | I wonder , therefore , if I could ask you to take only one copy — would it be for the IBM/CMS or the Sun/3 with UNIX configuration ? |
| 39 | It was Fergus who suggested I should ask you about LaMotte . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ But if I should ask you for — say , a cordial , to relieve my troubles … ’ |
| 41 | But we can ask you , for your own sake and ours ; consider carefully . |
| 42 | ‘ Now we can not and would not ask you to forget the clan 's honour , or your own . |
| 43 | And I would ask you , whatever changes you make , please keep him strong , as strong as he was . |
| 44 | ‘ May I ask you in future , Miss Kenton , to address my father as ‘ Mr Stevens ’ ? |
| 45 | ‘ Miss Kenton , I would ask you to keep your voice down . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ And I would ask you , Mr Stevens , to turn around and look at that Chinaman . ’ |
| 47 | ‘ In fact , Mr Stevens , ’ she called , ‘ I would ask you from now on not to speak to me directly at all . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ If it is necessary to convey a message , I would ask you to do so through a messenger . |
| 49 | All you decent , well-meaning gentlemen , let me ask you , have you any idea what sort of place the world is becoming all around you ? |
| 50 | I do n't ask you for rest , |
| 51 | No older person should ever ask you to keep a kiss , hug or touch , secret . |
| 52 | One month later we 'll ask you back to London to report on your progress and have your cellulite analysed . |
| 53 | Then you 'll have the attentions of a top hairdresser and make-up artist , and we 'll ask you how the programme made a difference to your life . |
| 54 | ‘ I might ask you the same thing . ’ |
| 55 | He 'd ask you what club it was without giving you a clue what he was thinking . |
| 56 | This is your room , hello , we 'll have to fix that bulb , may I ask you not to flush the toilet between the hours of eleven at night and seven in the morning while the sanitation department is still in , do n't be alarmed , cockroaches are a way of life in this part of the world , the gekkos are friendly too , although they wo n't eat the spiders . |
| 57 | The point is , you see , that I did not ask you to go and look at the time on that clock ; I merely asked you to study the numerals on it . |
| 58 | We respect your status as a prisoner of war and do n't ask you for military information … |
| 59 | We commonly think of the illness as the symptoms but I would ask you to expand your view of disease to take into consideration the individual 's susceptibility because , as we have just seen , it is essential to the process of producing an illness that he be susceptible to it . |
| 60 | Now , ’ Thiercelin took out notebook and pencil , ‘ just as a matter of routine , might I ask you to relate once again the circumstances of Herr Hamnett 's business with you ? ’ |