Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | After all , the main reason I asked for an assistant was because of the danger of an epidemic of polio . |
| 32 | But then I asked for just one spell of six months as a locum in some exotic place . |
| 33 | In the motorway restaurant I asked for tea and wholemeal toast , and saw the usual look of incomprehension on the face of the girl behind the counter . |
| 34 | I asked for 15 rehearsals for the Benvenuto Cellini in Geneva ( in February ) and both the orchestra manager and the intendant at the house thought I was crazy . |
| 35 | I asked for £75 and was refused , so I refused . |
| 36 | I asked for Hammond Innes , Frederick Forsyth , Iris Murdoch and Evelyn Waugh . |
| 37 | For Christmas and birthdays I asked for the red , hard-backed children 's classics published by Dean and Co. and sold in Woolworth 's : Treasure Island , The Children of the New Forest , Alice in Wonderland , What Katy Did , A Tale of Two Cities . |
| 38 | try and get some information on this they felt that they were confident that at the end of the day that erm , approval would be given but erm I I I asked for it in writing and they said we would n't be getting that . |
| 39 | ‘ I asked for it , ’ Flavia said , ‘ the teasing and all , after the way I pretended I could get you a taxi . ’ |
| 40 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
| 41 | I asked for that did n't I ? |
| 42 | I asked for a priest . |
| 43 | At our first lunch I asked for canneloni to fill myself up . |
| 44 | I asked for a cigarette . |
| 45 | I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain . |
| 46 | I was told that the manager had gone to lunch , and when I asked for him to be bleeped I was told again that he had gone to lunch and that he had left his bleep at the switchboard — all in a tone that suggested that this was standard behaviour . |
| 47 | I asked for it at the suggestion of my cousin Sarah , who was slightly older than me and whom I greatly admired . |
| 48 | I asked for you to be brought here to do a specific job . |
| 49 | ‘ I asked for a biography of a dead scientist , not a list of missile sites . ’ |
| 50 | I was a street-woman , I asked for what he suggested . |
| 51 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 52 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 53 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 54 | Then I asked for half the fee in advance , and was given a wafer confirming the immediate transfer of the amount to my Fedbank . |
| 55 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 56 | I asked for seventy-five . |
| 57 | " I believe I asked for my papers , please ! |
| 58 | I have got what I asked for and that is a sufficient ‘ benefit . ’ |
| 59 | So I asked for guns to be issued , and that was done . ’ |
| 60 | I asked for some children to work with me . |