Example sentences of "asked [prep] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She asked for some answers to specific points . |
| 2 | So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water . |
| 3 | Hilary Burden asked for some expert views — and , overleaf , we ask your opinion |
| 4 | When the pope asked for some sign by which he could tell ‘ which requests are important to us and are dear to our heart , and which are not ’ , Edward indicated early in the new year that he would mark such requests with the words Pater Sancte , written in his own hand , but he promised that these requests would be employed with restraint — ‘ only as we can and ought ’ . |
| 5 | Father asked for some volunteers to help Nicky collect at the back of the Church , he has already arranged this himself . |
| 6 | I asked for some children to work with me . |
| 7 | The bank asked for some security for this amount and the defendant promised by letter to charge certain goods and to pay the proceeds thereof to the bank against the overdraft . |
| 8 | Only querulous pupils and awkward governors at interviews asked for some justification for studying it . |
| 9 | Eventually he was taken into the West Sussex hospital and when Mr Smith visited him , he asked for some chlorodyne . |
| 10 | ‘ You have the money ? ’ he asked after some time . |
| 11 | Jessamy asked with some interest , moving closer . |
| 12 | ‘ Going to Slane is funny ? ’ she asked in some bewilderment . |
| 13 | I asked in some surprise . |
| 14 | ‘ You believe me ? ’ she asked in some astonishment . |
| 15 | ‘ Travis , do you want us to leave ? ’ his mother asked in some concern . |
| 16 | Fabia asked in some startlement when , after some seconds of sifting through that last ‘ No ’ , that was all she could come up with . |