Sentence examples for I generally ask from inspiring English sources

I generally ask why people want to do it.

When I ask why something is important, I generally ask more than once.

Another thing I generally ask is, "What would your subordinates say about you?" Once I have decided that I want to hire somebody, there's a final step, where I'll invite the person and their spouse to join my wife and me for dinner.

I generally ask what is one facet in their competency area they'd suggest changing, or what's something they've noticed that we as a company could improve upon".

To settle this, I called up Randy Cohen, the former ethicist from the New York Times Magazine, and the person I generally ask when confronted with moral quandaries.

The questions were relatively open; I generally asked the respondents to describe the procurement processes and, while they were doing so, asked additional questions.

If I was looking for advice about anything other than which smart phone to buy, I'd generally ask someone aged 80- rather than an 18-year-old.

Besides the usual questions of 'why do you want to be a patent agent?' I was generally asked about my academic work and why I was suitable for the job.

People generally ask, "Are you Dutch?" To which I reply, "No, I'm from Brooklyn!" Many people connect the name "Brook" with a stream, but "Breukelen" actually means "broken land" in Dutch.

Cold callers generally ask for Mr Roswell, very convenient as I just say he doesn't live here.

These proselytizers do not, generally, ask for much.