Example sentences of "they asked for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As each financial year passes , the bow-wave does , indeed , dissipate as research and development programmes meet snags ; as decisions are delayed in the labyrinth of Whitehall committees ; as procurement contracts slip behind schedule ; and as units expend less than they asked for due to similar delays in their day-to-day training and operations . |
| 2 | They asked for all the recommendations for a carer , and home support to be implemented . |
| 3 | Alec and his colleagues believe the military would laugh at them if they asked for personal protection weapons . |
| 4 | They asked for two hundred and fifty pounds . |
| 5 | This time , they asked for 1 and 3 quarter million and Spurs offered 350 thousand , but the final figure was much nearer Swindon 's valuation . |
| 6 | They ate up all the knives and forks and then they asked for more . |
| 7 | And so they asked for English counsel and ‘ furtherance ’ . |