Example sentences of "[vb past] asked to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A government spokesman said Professor Guido de Marco , Foreign Minister , had received a letter from his Libyan counterpart informing him that the two bomb suspects had asked to be tried in Malta , and asking Malta to accede to this request . |
| 2 | Meanwhile Queen Charlotte had asked to be the dedicatee of some of Mozart 's works which Leopold duly had engraved at his own expense ( K.10–15 , sonatas for keyboard and violin or flute and 'cello , published as op.III ) . |
| 3 | The former Dutch captain had asked to be left out of the squad in September . |
| 4 | He had asked to be tested . |
| 5 | It was he actually whom Simon had asked to be the co-respondent — bogus co-respondent — when they were concocting their divorce , it was about him that the judge had scolded her and given me to Anna . |
| 6 | Francis was a close friend of Jacqueline Hill 's husband , Producer/Director Alvin Rakoff , and had asked to be kept in mind for a part almost from Doctor Who 's beginning . |
| 7 | When Stephen was in hospital they kept us on the same house with all the mothers and babies , even though I had asked to be off it . |
| 8 | He had asked to be ‘ put in the way ’ of a certain variety , and it was Father D'Arcy who enquired whether his request had met with success . |
| 9 | Yugoslavia would remain official chair , but had asked to be relieved of its practical duties in view of the civil war . |
| 10 | In its initial statement , UNITA said that Gen. Miguel N'Zau Puna and Gen. Tony da Costa Fernandes had asked to be relieved of their duties in order to concentrate their efforts on a resolution to the issue of the secession of the Cabinda enclave . |
| 11 | Robert had still not been able to discover the headmaster 's first name , although on occasions Malik had asked to be addressed as Abdul , while making it clear that this was not his name . |
| 12 | He had asked to be transferred , but his club had given him notice of retention and refused to release him . |
| 13 | Yes we were actually erm , the position of the control vehicle was erm in front of an ambulance that we had asked to be there and the crew were briefed as to what we were doing and and what injuries possibly could arise . |
| 14 | And not included were 40 charges which he had asked to be taken into consideration on that occasion . |