Example sentences of "[conj] ask [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in a normal conversation between a child and an adult , if the child said ‘ er … um ’ or looked puzzled in response to a question , the adult would attempt to resolve what appeared to be some problem of understanding by rephrasing the question or asking what the problem was . |
| 2 | Faced with the same claims about the effect of words like " fair " , the courts today apply a doctrine of " mistake " which precludes all review of the expert 's analysis , unless the expert values the wrong shares or asks himself the wrong question about concepts such as fairness : see Chapter 13 . |
| 3 | He knew better than to ask her the time ; she was edgy enough as it was . |
| 4 | You 're an idiot if you submit an article or a piece of any kind to a magazine , to a newspaper , without actually having looked at it , and studied it , and asked yourselves the question , ‘ What sort of house style is it ? |
| 5 | Then they had their way and asked me the usual series of childish but charmingly eager questions about myself , about London , about England . |
| 6 | Ward stirred and asked me the time in a voice heavy with sleep . |
| 7 | We sat them down and gave them a drink and asked them the usual stuff . |
| 8 | Yes , but I would have thought that you know I M R O sh should of then I asked , I write and asked them the question , I r really would have expected a reply to come back , yes , we found this and so and so , but we then scraped a little bit further and erm . |
| 9 | He whistled after her and shouted a coarse word , whilst Beatrice looked down at him , unshaven and dishevelled , and asked who the big Sicilian was ( an insult , of course to an Italian ) . |
| 10 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 11 | It 'll be worse now , in retrospect , it 'll worse phoning Amy up at that moment and asking what the name was . |
| 12 | A young man of shaven pate , E-X-P-L-O-I-T-E-D tattooed on his forehead , approaches me brandishing a splashing can of Carlsberg Special Brew and asking me the time . |
| 13 | I 'm my own man and that 's very important in these times , even if you have n't had the problems I 've had , and you have n't , because that 's perfectly obvious , you 're sitting there and asking me the questions . |
| 14 | Look at the whole patient and ask yourself the question ‘ How sick ? ’ |
| 15 | Once you understand the basics of what the technology can provide you need to carefully consider your own situation and ask yourself the following questions : |
| 16 | Always check the final composition before the photograph is taken and ask yourself the following questions : |
| 17 | Right , now have a look at what you 've written , and ask yourself the question , is it negative ? |
| 18 | we 'll phone Chris and Keith and ask them the best time for us to go when the kids are not there , and she 'll tell us |
| 19 | At er well this week you sort of look back and say yeah but erm in about ten years time if you come and ask me the same question I would be able be in a better position to give you an answer . |
| 20 | Many people think it is hard to assess whether a building is worth preserving and ask what the criteria are for trying to save it . |
| 21 | Now was obviously not the time to confront Feargal and ask what the devil he 'd been talking about . |
| 22 | Tonight , we look at other memorable programmes from the archives and ask what the future holds ? |
| 23 | Here he was able to stand back from the onrush of western man and ask himself the real questions of life and meaning ; get his young life , full and successful as it had been , into perspective . |
| 24 | He could walk right up and ask it the question that burned within him . |
| 25 | How we re serve our members , communicate with our members and ask ourselves the question , do we give them what they want ? |
| 26 | The lead article reacts to the closure of 18 newspapers and periodicals since the end of 1989 — four years after the restoration of democracy in Urugyuay — and asks what the root causes are . |
| 27 | For example , let's say an old lady with a walking stick approaches you in the High Street and asks you the way to the nearest public toilets . |
| 28 | Clearly it is of prime importance to know how and why this dramatic reversal of traditional attitudes has occurred , and to ask ourselves the question why our approval of democracy should be so automatic and unhesitating when , had we been born a century or so earlier , we would have been equally unhesitating in disclaiming any support for so dangerous and radical a notion . |
| 29 | I 'll go up and ask her the next day . |
| 30 | We tried to get through and ask him the question on air . |