Example sentences of "be ask " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr de Klerk , so eager to placate Margaret Thatcher and international opinion generally , was saying , between the lines : ‘ Look , I know you 're asking for Mandela 's release . |
| 2 | We 're asking very poor countries to set aside land they could be cultivating food on — we have to give them something in return . ’ |
| 3 | We 're asking He who has for what He has . |
| 4 | You 're asking a lot of daft questions . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You 're asking me if I 'm some sort of embittered , wounded animal , who only wants to reach out and break things because he ca n't be happy or possess them ? ’ |
| 6 | Choose the strong dog in a pack , then fail to discipline it properly , and you 're asking for trouble . |
| 7 | ‘ You 're asking me to put my daughter in danger . |
| 8 | as if we 're asking you to do our work . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's not right for politicians to offer a sanitised campaign cut off from the people they 're asking to elect them , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Giving an account of it like this makes me feel as though you 're asking me to account for it , explain it for you . |
| 11 | Miss Bedwelty , having asked Sam what their horse situation was , was saying , ‘ I take it yours are all schoolmasters , suitable for what you 're asking ? ’ |
| 12 | We 're asking no favours. , |
| 13 | We 're asking you — why the British Committee ? |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm the one who you 're asking to do it , ’ said the doctor , reasonably . |
| 15 | This month we 're asking for a little more . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't buy my wife flowers , if that 's what you 're asking . ’ |
| 17 | Now you 're asking . |
| 18 | ‘ You 're asking the road you know , it 's been spelled out so many times : the rich man in his castle , the poor man at his gate . |
| 19 | You 're asking the impossible , Adam . ’ |
| 20 | What 's the silly bitch saying , that 's what you 're asking , is n't it ? |
| 21 | ‘ It 's not really anything very important , Michael , it 's rather a small thing we 're asking of you . |
| 22 | He had n't been shot , if that is what you 're asking and that is what I think you are asking . |
| 23 | Er , I 've also received minutes from the Epping Forest from Redbridge Group and they also have a lobbying workshop erm , that 's on the second of March , and they 're asking if anybody 's interested in that . |
| 24 | Of course , the question you 're asking is , how does it compare to the recently rereleased International 3D Tennis ? |
| 25 | Now consider what you 're asking him to take care of . |
| 26 | Strap 's what you 're asking for , is n't it ? ’ |
| 27 | I 'll think about what you 're asking for . |
| 28 | " If you 're asking me would they steal for it , well then I do n't know . |
| 29 | But it 's always will , will , will in advance but you 're asking them immediately for more money . |
| 30 | We 're currently negotiating with the er the housing corporation to bring it forward , we wan na bring it forward er and we 're , we 're asking them if we could do that . |