Example sentences of "be ask [det] " in BNC.

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1 They 're asking each other did they know what was going to happen ?
2 I know they 're asking more than we want to pay , but if we can assemble a package of cash , stock options , and newly issued shares as a good inducement , I think we 'll convince the key manager and he 'll persuade the others to sell .
3 Why ca n't you say it in an interview then , if you 're asked that question ?
4 In addition , we are asking that motion three zero eight be referred and that you support motion three zero nine .
5 We note that the Government are asking that organisation to bear in mind an increase in line with inflation , and feel that that may well not be sufficient , but we await the outcome with interest .
6 People are trying to make sense of the bad news they have received , and are asking all sorts of questions as a way of regaining control of a situation that has frightened and disturbed them .
7 ‘ This is a consultation exercise , so we are asking all these questions like what the relationship is of the existing FCA qualification to specialisms .
8 We are asking all Amnesty supporters , from groups to individuals , trade unionists , students and religious bodies , to set aside one weekend/day/evening in the coming 12 months and …
9 Is this why you are asking all these questions ? ’
10 Consequently we are asking all governing bodies to work with us in the compilation of comprehensive statements of their present and foreseeable needs at national and sub-national levels .
11 A fund raising idea of Judy , a volunteer from Scotland , the actual birthday is the nineteenth of May , as you know , to mark this we are asking all our supporters to hold a party for us on that day , or as near to it as possible .
12 Aplin had been asking many questions about Putt , not only in connection with the robberies but with the rape of Anna too .
13 ‘ You 've been asking all the questions , and I 've done my best to answer them .
14 Everyone has been asking this questions since it was announced that Holiday '91 Presenter Anne Gregg will be leaving the programme later this month at her BBC bosses ' request .
15 Is the Minister aware that I have been asking this question , mostly of him , for the past 13 years and that that reply reflects how serious is youth unemployment in Scotland ?
16 The twelve select committees established by the Commons in December 1979 seem to have attracted enough criticism from the executive to suggest that they have been asking some pertinent questions , but their overall impact on policy has so far been slight .
17 I am asking this man a question , you have some manners please .
18 I am trying now to wind down that project in favour of others , and am asking those who have helped me to take upon themselves what I have been doing , and find homes for their old journals — in libraries , universities and elsewhere .
19 Erm I 'm asking this question to e satisfy myself that these changes and reduction in costs are not the result of political expediency as opposed to er a genuine assessment of what the risk in the change environment is likely to be .
20 The analyst will be asking such questions as :
21 ‘ I will be asking all the team to play again and that includes Chris .
22 ‘ And do n't be asking that poor child and upsetting her .
23 Should n't she be asking that question ?
24 That 's very poor management I would say , I 'd be asking that bloke spoke to ?
25 Still , the final details of the Quebec package have yet to be determined , although it appears that the province wo n't be asking these people to renounce their right to sue .
26 ‘ Do n't you think you ought to be asking some ? ’
27 Should children themselves be asking more of the questions ?
28 Where there does appear to be a discrepancy , we will be asking those concerned for an explanation . ’
29 Precisely here , where we should be asking this key diagnostic question , we are getting the fuzziest answers .
30 Granted that I have spent a considerable portion of my theoretical energies over the years criticizing reductionism , should I even be asking this question at all ?
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