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Example sentences for: asking

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Yesterday, the committee learned that in 1992, when John Huang was working for Lippo, he sent a memo back to the company's headquarters in Indonesia asking to be reimbursed for a $50,000 gift to the Democratic National Committee.
And don't even bother asking what they have for sale.
The WP reports that White House aide Sidney Blumenthal and his wife filed suit yesterday against Matt Drudge and AOL, asking $10 million in compensatory damages and $20 million in punitive damages.
Zwick and Herskovitz grasp this, in principle, since at one point they have Lily's daughter asking plaintively, "Why can't they keep their private lives private ?"
At the press conference, following this morning's speech, I couldn't resist asking Bradley what that was supposed to mean.