Example sentences of "i ask [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I asked is the haddock finnan ? ’ said a querulous voice . |
| 2 | Well the specific question I asked is whether you 've quantified in percentage terms erm perhaps Group Captain you could give us an indication of how it has affected it ? |
| 3 | All I ask is to be left to get on with my work , and enough support to make it possible . |
| 4 | The reason I ask is this ; Last season my club achieved promotion in the Courage League and naturally all the players were very pleased and excited by the prospect of competing at a higher level of rugby . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ All I ask is for the manager to believe in me and to be wanted . |
| 6 | Ferguson senior added : ‘ All I ask is for the United fans to judge him on what he does on the pitch and not as the manager 's son . |
| 7 | One of the questions I ask is : ‘ If you had to go back to Winthrop Young 's time , what is the single item of equipment you 'd want to keep ? ’ |
| 8 | All I ask is that you should bear in mind that in an agency with 25 or 30 people you are unlikely to find all the jobs described : indeed , you are quite likely not to find them all in an agency with 500 people , and there are precious few of those in Europe , and not many in the USA . |
| 9 | By the way , the reason I ask is because th that suggests from from the phrase you used that that you see there are men 's traditions and that perhaps Scottish traditions are are very , are very |
| 10 | All I ask is that you are patient . |
| 11 | So all I ask is that you do n't bother her any more , and marry Fanny . ’ |
| 12 | All I ask is your promise to allow me safely out of the stockade . ’ |
| 13 | ( In anguish ) All I ask is a change of ground ! |
| 14 | All I ask is our common due ! |
| 15 | " I always obey my father without question as I did today , and all I ask is that you help me to continue to do that . " |
| 16 | Erm the next question I ask is , how do we make staff aware of the content ? |
| 17 | ‘ I have not eaten and I am in rags and all I ask is a share of your fire before I am turned out into the cold night again … |
| 18 | I shall be no trouble , all I ask is a quiet corner of your warm room … ’ |
| 19 | ‘ All I ask is a corner to warm my cold hands and a sip of milk … oh let me in … ’ |
| 20 | All I ask is that you work hard . ’ |
| 21 | I 'll give you my home telephone number , and if you do n't find them until after I 've returned , and you 're not successful in persuading Suzie to go back to England , all I ask is that you let me know where I can contact her . |
| 22 | The reason I ask is that I would be interested in knowing where Leeds are in the attendance league . |
| 23 | So all I ask is that you go on the way you have started . ’ |
| 24 | In conclusion , I ask is it sensible needlessly to destroy a system which provides the best standard of living for all its citizens on the African continent and replace it with a system which will bring misery in the short-term and has little proof that it will ever attain today 's standard of living in the long term ? |
| 25 | ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ If you don , then all I ask is that you show your appreciation of your teacher by supporting her and joining the society in order to help us provide more teachers . ’ |
| 27 | The reason I ask is cos they 've obviously got ta send the card , if the cards back , you break down between now and Monday . |
| 28 | No , I mean the only reason I ask is if we do a mailing of a particular thing , then very often the the offer that the market can make , or one of them , is , you know , to see a specimen cassette |
| 29 | Can I ask is it because it was too small a group , or is it because no one can make up their mind where they belong ? |
| 30 | Yes , it occurs to me to ask is Islam less strict in Kuwait than it is in Saudi Arabia , where , I gather , women are not allowed to drive cars , thieves will have their hands cut off and things like that . |