Example sentences of "ask [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er anyway he come and ask me for a dance he did he goes , I 'm not much of dancer we did that one you know , what they call it ? |
| 2 | When you 've read it come and ask me for the disk and I 'll lend it to you . |
| 3 | From the memo it looks as though you ask me for the form as P.A. to Head of Group . |
| 4 | Whenever I am working with someone I know and trust I ask them for a quick trim . |
| 5 | Having laid the groundwork of his interest , the politician had to be ready when election time rolled around again , and at that point an incumbent who could re-apply to constituents whom he had frequent occasion to meet , and ask them for a continuation of their friendship , without suggesting for a moment that any of them had a duty to support him in recognition of an implied bargain for past favours , was in a far stronger position than a man whose only contacts with his constituents took the form of patronage letters . |
| 6 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 7 | And and at the same time ask them for a date when they want the stone . |
| 8 | If the local authority do not have a list of housing associations in their area ask them for the address of the regional office of the Housing Corporation , who can give you a list . |
| 9 | If the fuel board can not help you , ask them for the number of your local Electricity Consultative Council or Gas Consumers Council . |
| 10 | ask them for the phone number of Southmead police station and they 'll give it to you . |
| 11 | When someone 's silent for a long time , ask them for an opinion . |
| 12 | They ask you for every kind of documentation you can imagine and then treat you like some kind of being that is half-human , half-dog , who does n't have any private life of her own . |
| 13 | No , they wrote and ask you for the exact date of day I started getting ability allowance . |
| 14 | Daisy was screwing up her courage to accost Ricky and ask him for a drink after church when the Vicar launched into the final prayer about being made flesh , and she suddenly remembered the vast ox heart cooking in the oven for Ethel , which would burn dry if it was n't taken out , so she belted home . |
| 15 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 16 | As ask him for a refund on that much we have n't received from |
| 17 | Ah just ask , just ask him for a drop of |
| 18 | Also ask him for the telephone number of the Home Service Adviser for your area , in case you need further advice . |
| 19 | You have to get him wound down a bit , you have to do it , you know of a about half an hour or so ask him for the proper name ! |
| 20 | I do n't want him to say well she did n't come round , she did n't ask me for the money , I mean I have n't ask him for the money and , he 'd like to on a Friday , when one come up , when the next one comes you can you ? |
| 21 | His technique was to go up to one at a literary party and ask her for a cigarette . |
| 22 | Would you like to go to grandma and ask her for a cloth ? |
| 23 | ‘ What will people think when those children ask her for an improper story ! ’ |
| 24 | Or the more punchy ‘ How would you like to buy some shares in Gibbs Building Contractors — ‘ Do n't pick your contractor/ By throwing a dice/ Bring GIBBS into the game/ Ask us for a price ’ . ’ |