Example sentences of "when we ask for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Selfoss the assistant in the chemist 's tries to sell us surgical spirit when we ask for meths and there is a pantomime while Tony explains to her , in best sign language , that what he wants is spirit for a Trangia . |
| 2 | The station was offered to us for the sum of £20,000 , but when we asked for a private valuation in the hope of securing a loan to purchase the site , the valuer valued the site at only £10,000 . |
| 3 | Yet , surprisingly , when we asked for something else they obliged with a number of better films . |
| 4 | Mahmoud came in again later on and when we asked for books he said that we could have encyclopedias . |
| 5 | When we asked for a script from that side from the beginning , it did n't come . |
| 6 | airport that afternoon , I ca n't keep my eyes awake , when we asked for |