Sentence examples for I ask but from inspiring English sources

Who can I ask but you?

I ask: "But do people not complain?" My smile remains.

Her job is to do as I ask, but she will not do this.

And is he, I ask, but I almost don't want to, happy with the choices he has made?

"Shall I take your ring home?" I ask but she clutches her finger looking upset.

"Who are you?" I ask, but it's really more of a demand.

I asked; but he wouldn't say.

I asked, but Donny didn't know.

I asked, but Larisa closed up tighter than the Kremlin.

"Gajan?" I asked, but the man said: "No.

"When was that?" I asked, but the boys couldn't say.