Example sentences of "[coord] ask [pers pn] not [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | When I asked the headmistress of a junior school my daughter had been attending about the racist remarks children at the school had been making her answer was well-meaning and typical : ‘ Asking them to say thank you and please or asking them not to swear is one thing but asking them not to say ‘ nigger ’ or ‘ wog ’ or ‘ black people stink ’ is quite another . |
2 | Roman thanked the girl and asked her not to tell Mr Smith he had been asking for him . |
3 | He said he was sorry and asked her not to contact the emergency services . |
4 | So I fell on my knees and asked them not to punish the child any more . |
5 | Sometimes he talked to it , and asked it not to kill him . |
6 | ‘ He was n't the type to moan and asked us not to complain until he got out . |
7 | If you have to clean a patient 's eyes , take great care and ask them not to move . |
8 | The Beggar tells him he has done him good already , and asks him not to spurn but to honour the experience of old age , claiming that poverty has shown him God . |
9 | We promised to keep in touch with her , but asked her not to communicate directly with our new daughter as she grew up , feeling instinctively that a child ca n't cope with having two mothers at once ! |
10 | When I asked the headmistress of a junior school my daughter had been attending about the racist remarks children at the school had been making her answer was well-meaning and typical : ‘ Asking them to say thank you and please or asking them not to swear is one thing but asking them not to say ‘ nigger ’ or ‘ wog ’ or ‘ black people stink ’ is quite another . |