We have not been asked vs We do not be asked

The correct phrase is "we have not been asked." The second phrase, "we do not be asked," is incorrect in English. The correct phrase uses the present perfect tense to indicate that the action of being asked has not occurred up to the present moment.

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We have not been asked

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used to indicate that up to the present moment, no one has asked us about something. It is in the present perfect tense.

Examples:

We have not been asked to attend the meeting.
They have not been asked to provide additional information.
She has not been asked to work overtime.
I have not been asked to join the committee.
The students have not been asked to submit their assignments yet.

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And we have been asked to prove how.
We have been asked for EUR 35 million.
CYNTHIA: We have been asked to leave.
We have been asked to trust Member States.
We have been asked to divide the assets up fairly.
We have been asked by the Federation to visit a group terraforming Velara ill.
As a result, we have been asked to ensure that the Union has a greater political involvement in the Mediterranean.
Now, we have been asked to take on some pupil midwives from the London for a day or two, whilst their clinic is reorganised.
During our meetings in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia, we have been asked to speak many times.
Here is a sample of what we have been asked.
In democratic Europe, we are proud of our religious tolerance, but we have never been asked to put it to the test as we are now.
Mr President, there is a little confusion as to why we have been asked to vote twice on this particular Karlsson report for rejection.
I accept that; we cannot carry the entire burden we have been asked to carry at once.
We have been asked: why textiles from Pakistan?
I have been asked to inform you we have your fugitive in custody.
We have been asked by someone who is not the Nelson Mandela of this period because she is very different.
We have been asked to do that as soon as possible, and will do so.
We have been asked to say whether there should be services of general interest befitting all Europeans and, if so, how.
This is a political step forwards of definite importance and today we have been asked to implement the action plan.
We will not adopt these opinions as quickly as we have been asked to do so now for the third time.

We do not be asked

This phrase is incorrect in English and does not follow the correct verb tense structure.

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I simply wish to point out that we have shown nothing but good will and have shown ourselves to be completely willing, but we do not want to be asked the impossible and, even less, to do our work badly.
We don't want to be asked to do good work with bad tools.
We do not know what association of ideas led the rapporteur to the expression 'dictatorial tendency' but, in any case, the question deserves to be asked.
Questions will also soon start to be asked, and in fact have already been asked, pertaining to the sources of funding for the Orange Revolution.
The fire brigade will be asked to extinguish fires faster; medical personnel will be asked to treat people more attentively; policemen will be asked to arrest criminals more effectively and teachers to teach children better.
The Court of Auditors may be asked to give an opinion.
I wouldn't be asked to develop combat applications.
Legitimate questions need not be asked apologetically.
They could not therefore be asked to repay the aid element in question.
The question to be asked is who really benefits from the manipulation and...
I did, however, want to be asked.
Questions need to be asked about the Commission's desire to make tangible proposals.
Questions will also be asked regarding the external bodies that profited most from Mr Yushchenko's election.
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Candidates invited for an interview may be asked to undergo a written test.
Finally, future generations would not be asked to bear the entire burden of rebalancing.
You will be asked to appoint a representative.
For those categories of applicants no other documents regarding the purpose of stay must be asked for.

Alternatives:

We do not get asked
We are not asked
We do not receive requests
We have not been asked
We do not receive invitations

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