Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] ask [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The library arts college student is definitely scheduled for supervised reading periods and permitted to ask for a class meeting whenever he feels his readings have failed to answer questions . |
| 2 | ‘ She could talk and kept asking for glasses of water and milky tea . |
| 3 | He had a dry throat , too , and kept asking for water . |
| 4 | The airfield 's codename was " Vino " and was near Epernay , the only thing I can remember of that occasion was that we got lost and had to ask for a radio steer from the ground station , We were anxious to get back there because the next evening Gracie Fields was performing for the troops in a local theatre , Of the visit to Prague ( which we never found ) . |
| 5 | Francis was a close friend of Jacqueline Hill 's husband , Producer/Director Alvin Rakoff , and had asked to be kept in mind for a part almost from Doctor Who 's beginning . |
| 6 | Realising that the take-off would involve an element of risk , the Nimbus pilot had , in fact , refused to go at first , and had asked for the K8 to be moved . |
| 7 | My employer would be Dr John Davy Rolleston , who was a scholar and had asked for this . |
| 8 | After he had sent off this AC/189 , Gen McCreery took steps to deal with the second signal he had received from Gen Keightley that morning , the 0.413 in which Keightley had reported in more detail on the imminent arrival in Austria of the 300,000 German and 200,000 Croat troops , and had asked for authorization to accept the surrender of these forces as " formed bodies " . |
| 9 | At the time we had not understood why the team leader had refused this and had asked for referrals to be made directly to her . |
| 10 | In the interval he seemed particularly cheerful and had asked for news about the Bishop 's Castle Railway |
| 11 | John Deane : Knew how much overtime needed for resignalling programme , but failed to ask for it to be extended . |
| 12 | Until nine years ago he was heir to one of the biggest private fortunes in America , comfortably in step with the Gettys , Basses and Mellons , but had to ask for enough money to buy a house . |
| 13 | Lessingham had refused whisky but had asked for wine . |
| 14 | Yugoslavia would remain official chair , but had asked to be relieved of its practical duties in view of the civil war . |