Example sentences of "[coord] asked [pers pn] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roman thanked the girl and asked her not to tell Mr Smith he had been asking for him . |
| 2 | He said he was sorry and asked her not to contact the emergency services . |
| 3 | So I fell on my knees and asked them not to punish the child any more . |
| 4 | Sometimes he talked to it , and asked it not to kill him . |
| 5 | ‘ He was n't the type to moan and asked us not to complain until he got out . |
| 6 | 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 ! |