Example sentences of "[verb] ask for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Director of Public Prosecutions has asked for all the relevant papers on the nine British soldiers killed by so-called friendly fire in the Gulf . |
| 2 | It is not only the Conservative party that has asked for such an explanation ; Labour supporters and sympathisers have done so as well . |
| 3 | Europe has asked for these to be provided . |
| 4 | in his arms and treat and Mr Bumble rushed into the room with great excitement and addressed the gentleman in the high chair said I beg your pardon sir , Oliver Twist has asked for more , there was a for more said compose yourself Bumble and do I understand that he asked for more after he 'd eaten supper he did sir replied Bumble , that boy would be hung I know that boy will be hung |
| 5 | Jones , however , has asked for another week to consider his position , and FA spokesman David Bloomfield said : ‘ We have acceded to his request . ’ |
| 6 | But Jones has asked for another week and FA spokesman David Bloomfield said : ‘ We have acceded to his request . ’ |
| 7 | Internal referent power links one to the internally more powerful ( e.g. chief executive ) ; external referent power links to external ( e.g. ‘ The prime minister has asked for this ’ ) . |
| 8 | They 'd asked for more space , as part of the head office refurbishment , but this was ridiculous ! |
| 9 | people do n't like asking for that though . |
| 10 | Yet the government intends to ask for more food relief this year . |
| 11 | I think he 's going to ask for more . |
| 12 | are they going to ask for this at the end of the installation ? |
| 13 | So I would suggests he erects a collection box and a sign clearly marked asking for all car owners to pay their levies . |
| 14 | On 26 May Mozart appeared at court before the King of Prussia , a keen amateur cellist , who may have asked for some quartets . |
| 15 | With Ms Doi 's passion for pachinko and the industry 's reputation for large-scale tax evasion — both public knowledge - who could have asked for more ? |
| 16 | I could n't have asked for more . ’ |
| 17 | Well we 're just I 'm just we might have to ask for some money for it . |
| 18 | You 're really getting through a terrific amount of stuff and you keep asking for more it 's great . |
| 19 | You know what you should have done while you was up there this time you should have took asked for some samples . |
| 20 | And there 'll be a lot of families in the middle , where they 're not sure whether they fall in one category or the other , but they dislike having to take their cap in hand and go ask for another subsidy . |
| 21 | He yearned to gulp down the coffee that remained , he craved to ask for more . |
| 22 | But she also remembered to ask for another ten-shilling note a week later . |
| 23 | What made me finally decide to insist on this was when I realized that had you been a man , Miranda , or had I not been personally involved with you , I would n't have hesitated to ask for these shares . ’ |
| 24 | Middlesbrough were portrayed as extravagant young upstarts ( the club had only been in the Football League since 1899 ) , and Sunderland were reproached for daring to ask for such a sum . |
| 25 | A week after the had asking for more , Oliver remained greater prisoner in the darken solitary room which he had been consigned by the wisdom and mercy of the board , but it appears that at first sight not unreasonable disclose that for a particular gentleman of white waistcoat . |
| 26 | Kate had asked for another day of leave to try and get her family affairs sorted out . |
| 27 | In its evidence to the Ashby Committee , the WEA had asked for more grant-aid to finance ‘ a considerable increase ’ in the number of full-time staff . |
| 28 | My employer would be Dr John Davy Rolleston , who was a scholar and had asked for this . |
| 29 | The Editor had asked for some more films to add to my list to show to your fish . |
| 30 | The oil mingled with the warm salty water which leaked from places in the ceilings , and that was one of the reasons they had asked for some sort of banister rail to hold on to in the narrow winding-stair . |