Example sentences of "[not/n't] ask for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The church warden gave me sizes but did not ask for reproduction pieces and anyway , he only had a poor and partial photograph . |
| 2 | ‘ I did not ask for the job — it was offered to me , ’ Taylor said . |
| 3 | People expect risks they did not ask for and can not control to be much lower -by 10 or 100 times — than those which they run willingly . |
| 4 | I did not ask for the job , it was offered to me . |
| 5 | Frau Nordern snapped a good-night back and stormed out of the Station , and such was the mood showing on her face there on the S-Bahn a railway policeman checking tickets did not ask for hers but wisely changed carriages at Lichtenberg station and looked for other prey . |
| 6 | She would not ask for any further exchange of nuclear information , but she must be released from her obligation not to use the knowledge she already possessed in seeking collaboration with other partners . |
| 7 | He has no compassion for the workers when times are bad and wages low , and does not ask for pity when he himself faces ruin . |
| 8 | He did not ask for mercy ; he did not plead extenuation : he was here , he said , ‘ to invite and cheerfully submit to the highest penalty that can be inflicted upon me for what in law is a deliberate crime , and what appears to me to be the highest duty of a citizen ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ He did not ask for any special treatment . ’ |
| 10 | Second , most lawyers take on cases on the basis that they will not ask for an upfront fee , but a percentage of the amount of damages won instead — often as much as 40% . |
| 11 | ‘ We were not experienced enough and we did not ask for , and were not given , enough help and guidance from NatWest . ’ |
| 12 | In addition , there is no protection against the old device of refusing admission to a solicitor ( or doctor ) and asserting afterwards that the prisoner did not ask for him or even that he had refused to see him . |
| 13 | In Britain , however , patients on life-support machines or in a ‘ permanent vegetative state ’ can not ask for the machine to be switched off . |
| 14 | You can not ask for more than that . |
| 15 | Your scheme may or may not ask for a contribution from you . |
| 16 | I did not ask for more money — I was in Bayreuth at the time . ’ |
| 17 | Even then , the Attorney-General did not ask for an adjournment to enable the House of Commons to consider the matter . |
| 18 | ‘ You must give me your solemn assurance on three counts : that you will not seek to discover the identity of my client , that you will not ask for any further assistance if the venture should prove to be unsuccessful and finally that you will not discuss this matter with any other person ; this stipulation to include even members of your own family and your circle of personal friends and acquaintances . ’ |
| 19 | They did not ask for time to think it over ; there was only one possible answer to such a proposition . |
| 20 | However , as the result of a curious intervention by the Official Solicitor ( an officer of the court ) , the Court of Appeal was able to review the decision to imprison , although the three dockers did not ask for it to be reviewed ; and the decision was set aside . |
| 21 | He did not ask for independence and never attempted to repudiate the suzerainty of the sultan . |
| 22 | We may not ask for help by weeping , but our bodies may become helpless so that we have to be helped . |
| 23 | Moreover , when nineteenth-century feminists demanded equal education and employment opportunities for single women , they did not ask for any special consideration to be extended to women on account of their reproductive role . |
| 24 | Do not ask for or accept information , advice , or direction except from railway officials or the Travellers ' Aid . |
| 25 | ‘ It was done from my section and I am afraid I did not ask for sufficient permission . |
| 26 | Joaquim Lobato said angrily , ‘ I did not ask for that . ’ |
| 27 | We dare not ask for the grace of humility , but perhaps we do n't need to when it is so often thrust upon us , thought Sophia , beating together eggs and sugar for a sponge cake , knowing that her cake would not rise as high as Sister Dew 's . |
| 28 | He nodded assent , and did not ask for a reason . |
| 29 | ‘ I did not ask for it . |
| 30 | While my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) was speaking , I said that I challenged any Conservative Member of Parliament to spend just one week — I do not ask for longer — living on the money that so many of our constituents who are pensioners have to rely on — the state pension and income support . |