Woodward said tonight that he asked Steinbrenner to replace him four weeks ago.

What would you do if the team or player in question asked you to replace the reporter they were unhappy with?

The hospital team unanimously asked not to replace two of them who were about to finish their assignments.

Therefore I come to you and ask you to replace me.

You must know that our former president asked me to replace him for personal reasons.

"Just the same, they thought this seemed too young, and asked me to replace it."

Actually, he wasn't ours, but we've been asked to replace him.

"It's a great compliment to be asked to replace such a variety of performers."

And after seeing the results of three days filming, he was the one who asked Warren to replace her.

If you ask to replace all instances of "is" with "was."