"I'm going to have to ask you to leave now, sir," the cop said.

"Why do you ask, sir: are we taking her as a prize?"

"May I ask your business, sir, and place of lodging?"

I'll have to ask you not to touch it, sir.

May I ask what some of those weaknesses are, sir?

I'd just like to ask a few questions, if you don't mind, sir.

Could I just ask when you worked all this out, sir?

Could you ask your coxswain to put us alongside again, sir?

She said unforgivably, "And don't ever ask me to do that again, sir."

We must ask, sir, what your intentions are for us.