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Example sentences of "i [be] asked " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Had I been asked to imagine myself as I would have looked during that time , you can be sure that I would have had the beautiful gown , the ruffled frill and the bejewelled fingers of a lady .
2	I am asked if I can be on standby if transport is needed ?
3	‘ Whenever I am asked about the block vote by GMB members , they find the explanation baffling .
4	The producer , a blase+ young woman , toyed with a lettuce leaf and an olive , but on the rare occasions I am asked out to lunch I generally do without breakfast , so I made up for her and discussed the shooting schedule ( you soon pick up the jargon ) with the director .
5	IT MUST be a plot , for here is another effect that I am asked to inquire about in my ignorant way .
6	IT IS not every day , at my age , that I am asked to go into a dark cupboard with a man , so I was both flattered and cautious on doing so .
7	What better time to take an over-view of the sort of things I am asked most often , and a look at how the commonest problems can be avoided ?
8	Thinking about the species I am asked about , the Oscar ( Astronotus ocellatus ) is way out in front , with probably 10% or more of queries .
9	After another half hour of lively sexist banter and innuendo , I am asked to leave and threatened with having dogs set upon me .
10	‘ Do you agree with us , ’ I am asked , ‘ or has your manliness been squashed by the hard feminists ? ’
11	The first meeting takes place this week and I am asked to make a presentation to the Committee which was set up by the minister of finance . ’
12	All the patients ’ files are kept under lock and key in his office , so I only see what I am asked to type . ’
13	When I am asked to think of a happy London , I think of this place in July and of my lazy pondmates : Kelly and Simone and Jo , the acidhouse DJ .
14	I am asked whether I am sorry .
15	I could read the whole of it if I am asked to do so .
16	It is worth getting this formidable reputation into perspective by quoting the words of Edward O. Wilson , the world 's foremost authority on ants as well as the author of Sociobiology : In answer to the single question I am asked most frequently about ants , I can give the following answer : No , driver ants are not really the tenor of the jungle .
17	Should I have a job specification for everyone in my team , so if I am asked where is it , I can say here it is , and make sure that they are all signed off .
18	The issue gets even more complicated when I 'm asked to define multiple orgasm .
19	‘ When I 'm asked with what should you drink whisky I always say with moderation .
20	Tony Benn to Jimmy Young when asked about Neil Kinnock 's Radio 2 debut I 'M asked how I feel when they get the questions wrong and lose everything , and I say I try not to laugh .
21	‘ I 'm asked how I feel when they get the questions wrong and lose everything and I say I try not to laugh . ’
22	‘ If I 'm asked to go back to Yugoslavia , I 'd go quite happily .
23	That does n't mean I necessarily disagree either , but if I 'm asked a question I give an answer .
24	‘ Mr. Smith , I can read everything I 'm asked to , and I can understand all the words , so why is it that I can never work out what the main points are ? ’
25	I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it .
26	I talk about these things because I 'm asked about these things .
27	And I 'm asked every well not say every day of the week but most weeks I 'm asked somewhere well where are you gon na start from ?
28	And I 'm asked every well not say every day of the week but most weeks I 'm asked somewhere well where are you gon na start from ?
29	I 'm not doing it for monetary reward or because I 'm asked to ; I 'm doing it because I feel I have to do it .
30	Er I 'd store it and use it with whatever I 'm asked to use it with .