11.   George Eaton, the publisher, who lives in Muldrow, Okla., said Ms. McVeigh wrote to ask for a subscription several months ago.

12.   I am writing to ask that you consider writing about some cars of interest to people like me.

13.   I am writing to ask that you withdraw my nomination to be director of central intelligence.

14.   Last but not least, many readers continue writing to ask whether the nonmarketable Treasury securities credited to the Social Security trust fund pay interest.

15.   Leslie wrote to ask if I could point her in the direction of someone who could teach her teenage son how to drive a manual transmission.

16.   Several readers called or wrote to ask.

17.   Some years later, he wrote to ask for a divorce.

18.   The editor recalled a Kansas man writing to ask about a grandfather he had never known.

19.   We are writing to ask for your patience, your prayers, and your presence.

20.   When I was finishing law school, I wrote to ask about jobs on Capitol Hill.