The speaker says: Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense.

VOA: special.2011.04.17

All I ask,the heaven above and the road below me.

VOA: special.2010.01.30

I made the reservation back then and then I thought it would be a good place to ask Nancy to marry me."

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

Whenever I asked for volunteers, I would always ask 'Micheal?' He was very energetic and a wonderful student."

VOA: standard.2009.07.11

- She's right.- You guys are babies. So, I keep thinking that Eric'sgonna ask me to the prom, and then he just doesn't.

VOA: standard.other

The man's got to do what I ask him to do and he's got to do it now. That don't go over very well.

VOA: standard.2009.11.25

"I want to thank you and also ask you to show this warmness for the whole duration of the tournament until they leave South Africa."

VOA: standard.2010.06.11

"You know,I was playing basketball with so and so and so maybe I can go ask him or her, 'and that resource gets embedded in their head,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.20

"If you ask them whether they will receive a pension and what age, they say "I'm not sure whether I will be in the position of pensioners of today."

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

"I don't care what happens, I hope I am alive to really look into Obasanjo's face one day and ask him to tell the world the truth about what happened.

VOA: standard.2009.11.10

Nothing is free. So,the reason I make that point is, you cannot ask local elected officials to raise teacher salaries and cut taxes and balance the budget and increase roads.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20

"And every time I ask myself,as I do, these questions my answer is yes, we are taking the right action, the action that is necessary to safeguard both our country and promote security in the world,"

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

"Obviously we are all here because we love Ray Harryhausen's work so I said before we do this I'd love to talk to him about it and ask if there was anything he didn't do in the original one that he would have always loved to do."

VOA: standard.2010.04.08

"It ranged from looking at me when I would ask a question as though something was very strange and then some other student would ask the same question and the teacher would say, 'This is an astute observation.' (SAYING...) Despite a gradual increase in women graduating with undergraduate and graduate degrees in science fields, the gap between men and women remains significant in the U.S.workplace.

VOA: standard.2010.03.26