Example sentences of "asking be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I 'm asking is that you begin to take these methods seriously and consider them alongside your own quantitative skills . |
| 2 | What I 'm asking is that you should look at the accounts with your detective instincts on the alert and see if there 's anything that strikes you as odd about them . " |
| 3 | MORRIS L.J. : It seems to me , therefore , that the father was saying , in effect : Irrespective of what may be the strict legal position , what I am asking is that you shall prove that the child will be well looked after and happy , and also that you must agree that the child is to be allowed to decide for herself whether or not she wishes to come and live with you . |
| 4 | The reason I 'm asking is that I 'm attempting to get to the games coming up against Norwich at home and Liverpool away . |
| 5 | All I 'm asking is that you take time to weigh up the deal I 'm offering and — Do you have a licence ? ’ |
| 6 | All I 'm asking is that you bring back some relevant facts , answers , for me to piece together , ’ Cara stated , her voice all quivery . |
| 7 | Cara had made it sound so easy when she 'd said ‘ All I 'm asking is that you bring me back relevant facts and answers ’ . |
| 8 | What his solicitor is asking is whether we 're able to go ahead . |
| 9 | Now I 'm not I 'm asking is whether its shareholders could write in to apply for a concessionary ticket to Alton Towers and get a reduced price if they so wish . |
| 10 | A question worth asking is whether it will be easier to teach competent makers in the first three categories , in which engineers are well represented , enough about the work of the fourth to understand how a company works , or to teach the fourth about the first three to the same standard . |
| 11 | As you know I 've er been holding a number of er small meetings with staff er and one of the questions I 've been asking is whether or not there has been a need for the building presentation that we 've done for a couple of years er and generally there was the view expressed that yes it was desirable but perhaps in a different format . |
| 12 | Erm the reason I 'm asking is because I suspect it would have been greater at the time I was talking about all the ago though . |
| 13 | But all I 'm asking is if there is an urgent work system , and if that urgent work system is being abused whereby everybody is putting down |
| 14 | She rather gathered that what Travis was really asking was if he could come round to her flat and chat a few hours away about Rosemary . |