Because he was not a citizen, he had no right to ask the court to hear his case.

VOA: special.2009.05.14

If your friend does not seem to understand how painful your broken heart is, you may ask her to have a heart.

VOA: special.2010.07.18

"Things we are not legally allowed to ask in an interview,we can find because they're publicly displaying it on the social networks."

VOA: special.2011.05.13

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

Believe me,Giovanni, I did not ask him to do this to you.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

He was not the first person to ask them.

VOA: special.2009.02.25

In a country the size of western Europe, we can't be everywhere at the same time, and the hotline allows them to call in no matter where they are and to ask usthe information that we can provide -- even if we're not necessarily able to provide the services directly."

VOA: special.2010.05.03

And in 1961, during the Cold War with the Soviet Union, John Kennedy urged people to take an active part in the future: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.

VOA: special.2009.01.19

"Himmler once declared that the Nazis had to kill all the Jews because, if not - quote - their grandchildren will ask for their property back.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

So,Russell says, even if in the Vilks case, he does not defend the particular cartoon in question, cartoonists around the world should keep their right to draw and provoke, and ask questions about the world we live in.

VOA: standard.2010.03.20

And we think, having pieced it together, that it was this guy Madni, but we do not know, so the piece of litigation that we are bringing is to ask the government to tell us who it was,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.28