Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] ask for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a long discussion , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening , and Oliver was chosen . |
| 2 | Time , right , I am moving the amendment the reference back and I 'm handing those papers to the Chief Executive and I 'm gon na ask the Chief Executive to get someone independent to do this because you ca n't get away from the numbers that the numbers I 've get someone independent I 'll ask for that . |
| 3 | Also if we do this self employment , I 'll ask for more admin time . |
| 4 | I 'll ask for , I 'll ask for ten pence |
| 5 | Perhaps I would ask for one of those LED alarm radios , though I 'm very fond of my old brass alarm clock . |
| 6 | I would ask for some Kleenex , some razor blades and I would get to that word and I could n't do it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I shall ask for two days holiday myself , then , ’ Ruth said . |
| 8 | Mr Hamilton said : ‘ I am deeply concerned at what you have told me and I shall ask for immediate steps to be taken for normal decencies to be observed . ’ |
| 9 | If I find I 'm at a dead end , then I can ask for outside help . |
| 10 | Before you order goods , you may ask for one of these . |
| 11 | You should enquire what the rules are and additionally , to give you a better idea of what size pension you might realistically expect , you could ask for some practical examples — say , over the last five years — of retired individuals in a similar earnings bracket to your own . |
| 12 | You can ask for that . |
| 13 | You can ask for any particularly bad points against the plaintiff to be discussed over the phone or in a covering letter as they may well fall outside the expert 's evidence in chief . |
| 14 | Talking to other mothers I learn that , like me , they too were disgusted and we all agreed that next time we would ask for another consultant . |
| 15 | Their thing was that they must ask for more than what they really hoped to get . |
| 16 | The gathering ended when one of the section shaikhs said he had business to attend to that evening , they should ask for 6000 dinars , and please would Muhammad al-Sharifi close the proceedings . |
| 17 | ‘ They might ask for some identification : in this country , the man who carries cash is guilty until proven innocent . |
| 18 | The Social Democrats have already started to deny that they would ask for this help — a denial spurred perhaps by some mistrust of the Greens by their own mainstream supporters . |
| 19 | The other thing is that they will ask for those assignments . |
| 20 | If the seller 's position is reasonably strong he should ask for specific details and firm commitments . |
| 21 | Haverford felt he should ask for more particulars . |
| 22 | Mr Ashdown dismissed suggestions that he would ask for four Cabinet posts for his party in a coalition government . |
| 23 | His head was growing heavy , he would ask for some coffee when the waiter returned ; it was dark indoors , darker than he would have expected on a showery early summer afternoon , when the sun outside does not dazzle . |
| 24 | Mesic , who reiterated on Sept. 12 his intention to resign after the expiry on Oct. 7 of the EC moratorium , accused the army of staging what amounted to a military coup by ignoring his orders , saying that he would ask for foreign intervention and bring charges against army commanders unless the JNA halted its attacks on Croatian towns and withdrew . |
| 25 | Well , perhaps this is a few too many , but he knows after many years ' experience that he can ask for this and that it is necessary . |
| 26 | On the other hand , he can ask for provisional damages and get a lesser sum now which may seem unattractive even though he can go back for more later . |