Example sentences of "[verb] ask for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he had departed for Benghazi he had left Lord Jellicoe in charge at Kabrit , and on 20 May Jellicoe wrote to MEHQ asking for an order to be issued to the Commando to release the men . |
| 2 | I feel genuinely hostile to an undergraduate ( supposedly one of the best educated people in the country ) who writes asking for sponsorship for some project and who does not know how to begin or end his letter or how to spell the name of the person to whom he is appealing . |
| 3 | A man had rung asking for Mr Kennedy . |
| 4 | The Scottish Office has asked for responses to the consultation document by 27 November . |
| 5 | In his letter to Labour MPs , Mr Foster has asked for backing on the grounds that he has seen the parliamentary party through the dark years , and now wants to guide them through better times . |
| 6 | Tests of the head do not definitely identify its age and Oxford has asked for a second sample . |
| 7 | Bunter Soames , vastly amused , has asked for others — which he also promises to wear . |
| 8 | Ethiopia has asked for 377,000 tonnes of food to fend off famine in Eritrea and Tigre . |
| 9 | He is accused by East Berlin , which has asked for his extradition , of embezzlement , corruption , and illegal dealings in arms and foreign currency . |
| 10 | Ethiopia has asked for 377,000 tonnes of food to fend off famine in Eritrea and Tigre . |
| 11 | He is accused by East Berlin , which has asked for his extradition , of embezzlement , corruption , and illegal dealings in arms and foreign currency . |
| 12 | François d'Aubert , the centrist vice-chairman of the French National Assembly 's finance committee has asked for details of the bank 's dealings with Mr Parretti . |
| 13 | On Monday , Marilyn ( ELT Design ) who is sorting out the stock stills Rob has asked for , would like some clarification . |
| 14 | The Reagan administration has asked for $709.3 million for ballistic missile defence ( BMD ) for 1984 , and has proposed more than double that for 1985 . |
| 15 | Mr Pike has asked for details of a diesel tacho in your April issue . |
| 16 | Next month I 'm going to tab out a request from Mr Bob McGhee , of Basingstoke , who has asked for Don Rich 's solo from Buck Owens ' Love 's Gon na Live Here . |
| 17 | Europe has asked for these to be provided . |
| 18 | ‘ This kidnapper has asked for uncut rough ‘ melees ’ of one-fifth of a carat to half a carat , and of medium quality . |
| 19 | Forest want an answer from Keane by the end of this week and he has asked for an extra couple of days to iron out the finer details . |
| 20 | Jones , however , has asked for another week to consider his position , and FA spokesman David Bloomfield said : ‘ We have acceded to his request . ’ |
| 21 | But Jones has asked for another week and FA spokesman David Bloomfield said : ‘ We have acceded to his request . ’ |
| 22 | WIDNES 'S £100,000-rated former Great Britain half-back David Hulme has asked for a transfer , despite signing a new one-year deal only three months ago . |
| 23 | Reallocations will not be made automatically if the taxpayer has asked for them not to be . |
| 24 | He has asked for them to behave , and stated that any fans caught throwing coins or taunting Arsenal 's black players will be banned for life from the ground . |
| 25 | Victim Support has asked for an apology for the ‘ apparent inhuman treatment ’ of victim Sohail Ahmed , 32 , at Balham station , South London . |
| 26 | While Dirk de Vos , curator of the Stedelijke Museum , Bruges , has asked for it to be included in his forthcoming Memling exhibition , the date of 1496 on the frame ( two year 's after Memling 's death ) led Sotheby 's to stick to ‘ School of Bruges , late fifteenth century ’ , suggesting a Franco-Flemish or Burgundian artist , close to the Master of the Moulins . |
| 27 | Compagnie des Machines Bull SA 's European labour-management committee has asked for a meeting with Gerard Longuet , French minister of Posts & Telecommunications , before he ‘ takes any decisions concerning [ our ] company , ’ according to La Tribune . |
| 28 | He has asked for much the same amount of money , divided up in the same way : two-thirds of the money to criminal-enforcement efforts , one-third to treatment . |
| 29 | The best , but least likely , possibility is that Mr Kravchuk will again change his mind and ask parliament to grant Mr Kuchma the powers he has asked for . |
| 30 | More subtle forms of referent power occur when an individual asks others to complete a task because ‘ the chief executive ’ or ‘ the minister ’ has asked for the work . |