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1 More young people were coming forward to ask for help, she said.
2 Many young people said they found it difficult to ask for help.
3 Small businesses often don't feel able to ask for more reasonable terms.
4 Stay; listen and learn; and don't ask for what's not given you.
5 DuPont plans this year to ask for the case to be dismissed.
6 I asked a question I had been wanting to ask for weeks.
7 You can ask for my help whenever you run into a problem.
8 Daemon Sand had gone so far as to ask for her hand.
9 He also warns: Feel free to ask for our input as well.
10 Neither country is likely to get the 15 years they ask for .
11 When I wish the opinion of civilians, I will ask for it.
12 No wonder most countries ask for proof of return ticket upon arrival.
13 The second thing I would ask for is your detailed medical history.
14 Once to ask for water and once to ask where they were.
15 We may ask for His help, but we must accept our fate.
16 Nothing serious, my dear Watson, or I should certainly ask for your
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