"We are not asking anyone to achieve full normalization at this time, we recognize that that will come further down the road in this process."

VOA: standard.2009.07.27

Outside the White House Mr.Papandreou told reporters Greece is not asking for money.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

It was not enough. Western officials sent urgent messages to Washington asking for supplies for the Indians.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

If a friend keeps asking you to do something you do not want to do, you might ask him to leave you alone or "stop bugging me."

VOA: special.2009.06.28

But we started to realize that money was not going to the schools in good time, and when we were asking for reasons, they would not give the reasons."

VOA: standard.2010.03.04

Barro said President Obama did not hold Israel to account for the violence it has inflicted on Palestinian civilians, asking why the U.S.leader did not bring up the latest Israeli incursions into Gaza.

VOA: standard.2009.06.04

"So we are really talking about drastic reductions, and they must come from countries which have overused their share of the global atmospheric space, which have a natural debt that must be paid, and I think if countries like India are asking for that, it is not wrong.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

"First of all, we're asking to organize a corridor, not simply open the border, but to deploy some forces, which could lead people out who cannot get out of their houses, who are under siege, to help them cross the border, at least into Uzbekistan because it is the nearest country."

VOA: standard.2010.06.15

"I think the position of providing a middle ground for President Bashir, not denying the ICC decision, but asking for it to be postponed, and giving Bashir some breathing space is a way for the regimes such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia to indicate that they do have a position independent from the West,".

VOA: standard.2009.03.26