Example sentences of "ask for a [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Since then he had declared himself busy whenever I rang and asked for a taxi to take me to the Turkman Gate . )
2 The following morning I rose early , dressed and asked for a driver to take me and my suitcase to the hospital .
3 Oh you have n't gone up to a bar and asked for a pils have you ?
4 Ask for a volunteer to join you .
5 Quite often , the police ask for a remand to give them time to make further enquiries , assemble their evidence and so on .
6 The latter was now staring at the Van Gogh boats and the milky sea and sky through poppy-scarlet lenses , which Frederica thought was perverse , although she wished she had the courage to ask for a moment to put them on , to see all this .
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