Example sentences of "i [vb past] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I arrived at the counter I asked for Katrina . |
| 2 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
| 3 | If I asked for money from my husband he would talk of all the expenses , of how much it cost the family to keep me . |
| 4 | In 1938 I was offered a programme with full rehearsal and that I accepted , though when it came to the time I asked for separate section rehearsals — first strings , then winds — which met with some opposition , particularly as the orchestra was convinced that it knew the music already . |
| 5 | ‘ I asked for it . |
| 6 | I asked for a bowl , there was an embarrassed silence when no one moved to my aid ( thinking I felt sick ! ) — and my waters soaked the kitchen floor . |
| 7 | A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh . |
| 8 | Some people might say I asked for it . ’ |
| 9 | My searches even led me to the absurdity of being directed to the deep freeze in one newsagent when I asked for Spare Rib . |
| 10 | Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one . |
| 11 | I enjoyed thoroughly my half-hour with Sousa for he was the most genial of hosts , but when I asked for confirmation of the Samuel Ostrander story he only smiled broadly , shaking his head . |
| 12 | I just love sitting and reading and doing NOTHING … a huge man came here the other day and practically THREATENED me if I would n't write my life story … offered me any money I asked for … but thank God I am well off now . |
| 13 | I asked for it . ’ |
| 14 | I asked for more work — anything to keep my mind occupied . |
| 15 | I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police . |
| 16 | The last time I preached on the New Age before writing this chapter , I asked for a show of hands from those who had heard of it . |
| 17 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 18 | I asked for my ham-and-tomato sandwich . |
| 19 | I asked for one ticket and paid for it , then I watched him ask for the same and fish down inside his carrier bag and bring out a ten pound note . |
| 20 | Well , perhaps I asked for it in a way , ’ Felicity admitted reluctantly . |
| 21 | Since the controller was n't busy I asked for the rest of the weather , and was told three at 800 , or 900 feet above the threshold of Runway 18 . |
| 22 | I asked for certain research facilities and I got them . |
| 23 | Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone . |
| 24 | I asked for details of how well they had maintained their new figures or if , in fact , they had n't . |
| 25 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 26 | I asked for special leave and borrowed the eighty pounds for a short-term return ticket on the letter-mail route to the UK . |
| 27 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 28 | After all , the main reason I asked for an assistant was because of the danger of an epidemic of polio . |
| 29 | But then I asked for just one spell of six months as a locum in some exotic place . |
| 30 | 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 . |