1.   Honor had written to ask for some threadbare rugs to be replaced.

2.   Juniors discouraged I am writing to ask a question about my local tennis club.

3.   I am therefore writing to ask if you would be interested in our working together to produce AppleMac versions of the programs.

4.   Meanwhile you and I get paid worse than his housekeeper and the fucking union writes to ask me to send them money!

5.   At one point, a soldier in the van suggested that they write letters asking their families for money to spare their lives.

6.   Because you are a supporter of the President, we are writing to ask for your help.

7.   A Butler, Mo., man wrote to ask about how much Uncle Sam owes.

8.   A couple of weeks ago, the editor of an Indian newsmagazine wrote to ask him to write a personal essay about being a Muslim in America.

9.   Forty years afterward, I obtained his address from the alumni office and wrote to ask his forgiveness.