But not so much that she could bring herself to ask.

He could not bring himself to ask the others to halt a while and wait for him, though.

I couldn't bring myself to ask her, though; the fear of rejection was just too great.

Someday, perhaps, he could bring himself to ask her what she knew.

She wanted to know and couldn't bring herself to ask the right questions.

I brought you here to ask for your help, Commander.

It was simply that he could not bring himself to ask them.

She almost couldn't bring herself to ask, could hardly get the words out, afraid of what he might say.

Yet she could not bring herself to ask the direct questions that would force him to say what he thought of her.

But I couldn't quite bring myself to ask her that.