Example sentences of "asked for it to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prospect Inn has two of its decorative lino floors intact , although the owners , Whitbread , destroyed the original pole sign outside when the tenants asked for it to be repaired . |
| 2 | Bright too had misgivings in this area , particularly about size of the single conductor , and asked for it to be enlarged . |
| 3 | On 11 July Cross had taken a sample of his own tapwater into the local North Cornwall District Council offices and asked for it to be analysed , but the Council refused . |
| 4 | And did you read Bill Davis 's defence of the moneychangers in the temple , Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall on the last supper ( ‘ my partner chose the water then asked for it to be changed to wine ’ ) , David Thomas 's theory that Cain was framed by a feminist group ? |
| 5 | Six months later , when she asked for it to be given to Arrowe Park Hospital , which saved her son 's life , she was told the money was in a ‘ suspense account ’ . |
| 6 | A Royal source said : ‘ There was a gap in her diary and she asked for it to be filled . |
| 7 | The letter did not say that they would continue to be charged for the service , unless they wrote and asked for it to be stopped . |
| 8 | On 28 August 1651 , while Alured was evidently on his deathbed , James Chaloner [ q.v. ] , the Yorkshire MP , reported to the House that Alured was owed £8,769 and asked for it to be paid . |
| 9 | President Kenyatta asked for it to be translated into Swahili ; and members of his Cabinet paid tribute to its part in bringing a bloodless transition to self-government there . |
| 10 | Take-up has stemmed partly from the wish of those companies trading internationally and particularly in the highly litigious US to protect their directors and partly because , as Willis Corroon 's Drew Hardie said , ‘ when directors who had had this cover then moved to other companies they asked for it to be part of their new contract ’ . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I took it in yesterday and asked for it to be repaired as soon as possible . |
| 12 | At that time , we , we received a petition from the tenants erm very much along the lines of the one that erm erm , er Mr has read out , at that time there was a petition from a hundred and eight county council tenants and one hundred and five of them in fact signed it and they , they asked for it to be allowed to keep the erm to have the freedom to decide whether or not hunting takes place . |