for the asking

I remember all our music appeared on Spotify overnight, without anybody asking us.

Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.

You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.

I didn't much like his offhand way of asking; not that it wasn't a perfectly legitimate query.

"From what I have heard, I think I may be free to discuss this," and she paused again, with her eyes asking that she may.

Such a betrayal led him upon the following day to send a note to Mrs. Chepstow, asking for an appointment.