ask (verb)

total of 180665 relations

Subjects:
PERS: we, you, they, i, I, she, he, one, who, someone, one, which, somebody, nobody, anyone
12.36:9 PROP · 6.73:8 PROP-hum · 4.29:6 gentleman · 2.27:8 president · 4.89:5 rapporteur · 3.14:6 lady · 1.2:7 member · 2.05:6 teacher · 0.44:7 people · 2.43:5 scarlet · 1.27:6 mother · 0.56:6 man · 0.24:6 committee · 0.98:5 reader · 1.61:4 interviewer · 0.51:5 voice · 2.49:3 counsellor · 0.45:5 doctor · 1.1:4 mum · 1.1:4 dolly · 0.03:5 girl · 0.01:5 father · 0.72:4 sergeant · 0.65:4 graham · 1.6:3 solicitor
Subclauses:
8.73:9 interr
5.2:9 whether
5.03:9 if
2.84:9 that
Accusative objects:
PERS: you, them, us, me, him, her, what, something, this, much
9.8:9 PROP · 7.23:9 question · 5.56:9 commission · 4.53:8 secretary · 4.82:7 commissioner · 2.27:7 council · 2:7 parliament · 3.33:5 PROP-hum · 4.21:4 rapporteur · 3.06:5 hon · 3.06:5 President-in-Office · 1:7 minister · 1.97:6 colleague · 0.96:7 house · 0.83:7 member · 2.43:5 permission · 1.91:5 advice · 1.71:5 chancellor · 2.47:4 favour · 1.39:5 presidency · 1.98:4 gentleman · 1.6:4 forgiveness · 1.47:4 lady · 0.32:5 friend · 0.16:5 doctor

...PERS: we, they, you, I, he, i, one
6.88:8 PROP · 0.65:5 subject · 0.86:4 PROP-hum · 1.33:2 solicitor · 0.13:3 respondent · 1.09:2 B · 0.35:2 contestant · 1.02:1 interviewee · 0.62:1 householder
can be asked

ask ...6.39:8 therefore · 7.22:6 firstly · 4.95:6 anxiously · 4.23:6 quietly · 2.19:8 now · 2.19:8 justly · 5.06:5 innocently · 3.98:6 once again · 3.95:6 suddenly · 3.91:6 please · 3.87:6 softly · 4.22:5 politely · 5.22:4 incredulously · 2.14:7 always · 4.02:5 curiously · 1.92:7 well · 1.87:7 never · 3.33:5 of course · 3.29:5 gently · 3.29:5 for example · 3.26:5 at least · 3.1:5 actually · 4.02:4 suspiciously · 2.93:5 finally · 2.79:5 casually · -0.84:6 out · -0.58:5 back
ask *for ...3.18:7 help · 3.92:5 clarification · 2.83:6 permission · 2.67:6 floor · 2.5:6 advice · 0.78:6 support · 1.72:5 opinion · 0.64:6 information · 1.46:5 assistance · 2.37:4 forgiveness · 1.32:5 defence · 1.13:5 employment · 0.94:5 affair · 0.91:5 science · 1.83:4 autograph · 0.59:5 detail · -0.44:6 report · 0.28:5 environment · 1.06:4 explanation · 0.04:5 vote · 0.85:4 representation · -0.31:5 industry · 0.68:4 guidance · -0.42:5 trade · 0.3:4 transport
ask on ...2.73:6 behalf · -0.38:5 matter · 0.59:4 occasion · 1.71:2 deathbed · -0.49:4 subject · -0.75:4 basis · -0.87:4 affair · -0.75:2 impulse
ask in ...2:6 voice · 1.49:5 tone · 2.06:4 favour · 2.04:3 astonishment · -0.93:5 case · -0.66:4 surprise · 1.06:2 bewilderment · 0.66:2 amazement · 0.64:2 whisper · -0.58:3 manner · -0.62:2 vein · 0.21:1 squeak · -0.9:2 regard · -0.94:2 seriousness · -0.3:1 puzzlement · -0.48:1 accordance
ask *of ...1.31:6 council · 0.63:6 parliament · 0.36:5 commission · -0.71:5 question · 0.91:3 auditor · -0.13:4 procedure · 0.43:3 urgency · -0.85:2 directive
ask for ...1.59:5 opinion · -0.56:4 advice · 0.33:1 sip
ask with ...2.98:3 frown · 1.17:4 smile · 0.07:2 grin · -0.18:1 sarcasm
ask to ...-0.52:4 dinner · -0.4:3 extent · 0.21:1 re · -0.59:1 avail · -0.77:1 supper
ask as ...-0.91:4 matter · 0.84:2 rapporteur
ask at ...-0.08:2 beginning · -0.96:2 counter
ask after ...-0.5:2 pause
ask without ...-0.08:1 preamble
ask by ...-0.99:1 rapporteur

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