Example sentences of "[noun sg] ask for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Commitment to a performance target is not assured because a boss asked for that commitment . |
| 2 | Residents in Ansdale Road , Middlesbrough , have petitioned the council asking for more street lighting to try to reduce the problems associated with vandalism . |
| 3 | Erm I know it 's a fairly difficult question , a wide question to ask for that matter , but erm how do you feel with the society , should should erm should respond you know , to in order to actually help areas such as Flats ? |
| 4 | Later that Wednesday , as she was teaching a class of children , two men came into the classroom asking for some paper and pencils . |
| 5 | It was when he was on his way to the billiard room to ask for these volunteers that the Collector suddenly felt faint . |
| 6 | Father asked for some volunteers to help Nicky collect at the back of the Church , he has already arranged this himself . |
| 7 | The committee clerk sent out a simple questionnaire asking for such information as : How many times was planning permission given in conflict with the policies of a Local or Structure Plan ; How many times was permission given against the advice of planning officers . |
| 8 | I I have to say the top earners of course ask for those further away . |
| 9 | But it was unusual to have another caller ask for another highly secret , ship-to-ship rendezvous . |
| 10 | Hilary Burden asked for some expert views — and , overleaf , we ask your opinion |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | At the Lefevre there were only four oils , including Fishing Canoe ( Colour Plate XVII ) and Banana Plantation ( Colour Plate XVI ) , both priced at forty guineas , twice the sum asked for most of the thirty-eight watercolours . |
| 13 | One three-month-old baby managed to talk its parents into sending Santa a letter asking for some clothes and a few bits for the cot . |
| 14 | The other one erm is within the university itself because we do have a support organisation here for teaching within the university , and it is possible for groups of teachers in any part of the university to ask for some help and support in looking at one of the courses they 're involved in teaching . |
| 15 | cos the fire officer asked for that . |
| 16 | The Ministry of Supply asked for any kind of bone except the backbone of a kipper . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | Magistrates adjourned the hearing until later today after a solicitor asked for more time to consult his clients . |
| 19 | George Underwood : ‘ It was all instigated by David really , because he had been listening to the World Service on the radio and suddenly got the bug to get involved in American Football , and he wrote to the American Embassy asking for more information . |
| 20 | My mother asks for that young musician of his , Tutilo , the one who has played and sung to her before , and helped her to sleep . |
| 21 | Every time they collect our cows , they promise to give us something in return , but the next time ask for more cows . |
| 22 | The official receiver or trustee can agree costs though if there is a creditors ' committee , they can require the trustee to ask for any costs payable out of the estate to be taxed . |