Example sentences of "i [be] asking " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even more revealing , had I been asking the questions now ( the year of the miners ' strike ) , would have been the reaction to this one , suggested by Griffiths and Howson . |
| 2 | It is very difficult to produce this type of game but I am asking my players to do it . |
| 3 | ‘ All I am asking , is to be treated in exactly the same way as Dr Wyatt ’ . |
| 4 | That is why I am asking you now to become a Friend of Save the Children . |
| 5 | Perhaps most importantly of all , I am asking what Anglicanism can learn from this trend in church life . |
| 6 | Or failing the gift of a sum in cash , I am asking you to make it a business transaction , to buy what you clearly must need and what we can no longer afford to keep . |
| 7 | I am asking you to take up the privilege . |
| 8 | Ask yourself , ‘ What precisely is it I wish my child to say and/or do when I am asking him/her to be good , polite , helpful , kind ? ’ ( or any of those other vague goals parents set for their bemused offspring ) . |
| 9 | In these last days of the programme I am asking you to stretch your body even further than before . |
| 10 | However , perhaps I am asking too much , because at £10.99 this is certainly a worthwhile text with a refreshing approach . |
| 11 | ‘ I am asking my accountants to have a look at it . |
| 12 | This month is different because I am asking you to help other people . |
| 13 | All I am asking is a little donation now and again . |
| 14 | I am not stating that Lord Armstrong was obeying government instructions over this much ridiculed staff restructuring : I am asking if he was . |
| 15 | " I am asking you to keep it to yourself . " |
| 16 | I say real progress has been made but today I am asking you to think about the next step a step that I am sure we all feel is at the heart of the matter a transforming step perhaps the critical step that will guarantee ultimate success in fulfilling god 's loving will for his church . |
| 17 | I am asking today that our commissioners ask the Scottish bishops , in accordance with the permission granted in Vatican two 's decree , to allow an open table on ecumenical occasions . |
| 18 | ‘ I am asking you — after this solemn declaration , what next ? ’ |
| 19 | In this instance , I am asking the Court whether , having regard to the terms of its judgment upon Mr. Berry 's application for relisting , the Court considers that it has the power to entertain an appeal of the whole case upon a reference to the Court by me under section 17(1) ( a ) of the Act . |
| 20 | I am asking the Court further , in the event that it considers itself so empowered , to treat the case as having been referred to it by me under section 17(1) ( a ) . ’ |
| 21 | I am asking you to be my wife . ’ |
| 22 | Therefore I am asking you to advise every man who comes without being passed by you that he will not be allowed to return home , and , in truth , I shall take his boat from him and lay himself fast . |
| 23 | I do not know whether that is being emulated elsewhere , so I am asking rather than making a statement . |
| 24 | I am asking a straight question to which the Minister can either give or refuse to give the answer . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ I am asking them to satisfy myself , and because doing nothing bores me . |
| 27 | ‘ I am asking you to walk on it further . |
| 28 | I am asking staff to keep a look-out for any advertisements that relate to events in the Edinburgh Unemployed Workers Centre and take cuttings of any that are relevant . |
| 29 | Yes , why I am asking you or I did I say |
| 30 | I am asking a service of you , and I will pay the expenses , as is but right . |