Example sentences of "[verb] ask for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well it would be very helpful if you 'd like to draft an order , erm as I understand it Mr there 's nothing which Mrs has asked for which you er contend I should er |
| 2 | Perhaps I 'm the first woman who has asked for their vote . ’ |
| 3 | He has asked for their advice on what to do about the Africans in the townships — Dr. Abraham and his neighbours . |
| 4 | Things are in flux and the new T'ang has asked for me . |
| 5 | Aunt Emily has asked for me . |
| 6 | Reallocations will not be made automatically if the taxpayer has asked for them not to be . |
| 7 | He has asked for them to behave , and stated that any fans caught throwing coins or taunting Arsenal 's black players will be banned for life from the ground . |
| 8 | I would prefer it otherwise , but she has asked for you . ’ |
| 9 | He is accused by East Berlin , which has asked for his extradition , of embezzlement , corruption , and illegal dealings in arms and foreign currency . |
| 10 | He is accused by East Berlin , which has asked for his extradition , of embezzlement , corruption , and illegal dealings in arms and foreign currency . |
| 11 | While Dirk de Vos , curator of the Stedelijke Museum , Bruges , has asked for it to be included in his forthcoming Memling exhibition , the date of 1496 on the frame ( two year 's after Memling 's death ) led Sotheby 's to stick to ‘ School of Bruges , late fifteenth century ’ , suggesting a Franco-Flemish or Burgundian artist , close to the Master of the Moulins . |
| 12 | It is immaterial that his promise is far more valuable than the price he has asked for it . |
| 13 | And if the stranger had come to ask for his two pounds back , my sister would gladly have given it to him . |
| 14 | I wonder if she 'd asked for him over at her house . |
| 15 | Pity to cut such a pretty face but she 'd asked for it . |
| 16 | That is why I am writing to ask for your support . |
| 17 | It is for refugees in Britain that I am writing to ask for your help . |
| 18 | Her marriage was on the rocks , she had had a breakdown , her social life was in ruins and yet when she came to ask for his help she was wearing a sweatshirt which had the slogan on it , ‘ Christ is the answer ’ . |
| 19 | At this juncture he received a visit from the leaders of the Christian forces in the Holy Land , who came to ask for his support against Philip of France . |
| 20 | When Hanka Zborowska arrived asking for her portrait Modigliani was shamefaced . |
| 21 | Apart from the inherent improbability that the Lockerbie investigators never thought to ask for it , that it was left to a clerk to print out a copy on her own initiative before the computer wiped the record , only to return weeks later from holiday to find that still no one had asked for it , and that the BKA , after being given the list , sat on it for months before passing it along to the Scottish police , there remained the problem of the FBI teletype which left open the possibility that no such bag from Malta was ever loaded on Flight 103 . |
| 22 | We should like to ask for your co-operation in the BMRC Businessman Survey . |
| 23 | ‘ The administrators of Angela 's estate are going to ask for her £100,000 back . |
| 24 | But Stewart snaps : ‘ I do n't want to be disappointed so I 'm not going to ask for their help . ’ |
| 25 | She keeps asking for her . |
| 26 | But she keeps asking for you . ’ |
| 27 | The visit is not ‘ unsolicited , ’ and therefore the Regulations do not apply , if the customer has expressly requested the visit , e.g. by completing and returning a reply paid card asking for the visit or by telephoning asking for it . |
| 28 | I give these bibliographical details because from time to time I get asked for them by collectors and booksellers . |
| 29 | And I do n't want to wish to ask for them to answer that , that 's just the view of the whole of our community , and it did prompt us and it 's not on your records , over a thousand signatures were obtained proposing in fact what I 'm about to conclude with . |
| 30 | What you do n't ask for you do n't get : always remember to ask for what you want . |