Example sentences of "[vb past] for more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for more work — anything to keep my mind occupied . |
| 2 | At the outset we asked for more help from the congregation . |
| 3 | I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain . |
| 4 | If I analyse the bosses I 've worked for , the ones who irritated me the most were the ones who were indecisive and who constantly asked for more information just to delay making a decision . |
| 5 | The US Federal Trade Commission is reviewing a new staff report on the anti-trust allegations against Microsoft Corp , but a decision on the matter probably is still weeks away , lawyers familiar with the case told the Wall Street Journal : with a two-to-two vote in February , the commission did n't accept staff recommendations to seek an injunction preventing the company from using its market power to engage in allegedly unfair competitive practices ; after the tied vote , the commissioners asked for more information in an effort to resolve the deadlock ; the status report , which was delivered to commissioners last week , provides additional support for the staff 's call for action . |
| 6 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 7 | Magistrates adjourned the hearing until later today after a solicitor asked for more time to consult his clients . |
| 8 | ND argued for more free-market economic policies and deep cuts in government spending , while Pasok and Synaspismos called for the preservation of welfare provisions and for a higher productivity in the public sector . |
| 9 | Benjamin turned and shouted for more wine . |
| 10 | The revival by the Party of an old Mao maxim , ‘ Seeking from facts ’ , also allowed for more flexibility in the political sphere and rejection of political dogma . |
| 11 | I see and you arranged for more information to be passed on to Superintendent is that it ? |
| 12 | Polytechnic directors yesterday called for more government funding . |
| 13 | They called for more maple syrup and more butter . |
| 14 | He called for more street patrols after a 38pc increase in crime was reported , saying women and the elderly were afraid to go out after dark as well as some other men . |
| 15 | In the EC Health and Safety Directorate 's publication , Janus , Simonsen called for more research into such chemicals , arguing that clear international criteria and screening tests for neurotoxicity are needed . |
| 16 | His feet began to tap more and more loudly beneath the desk and his jaw quivered more and more violently as Blanche put her side of the story and pleaded for more time to finish the investigation . |
| 17 | We looked for more badger clues . |
| 18 | She neither gave him an answer nor waited for more reaction , but turned swiftly up the stairs and through the kitchen and along the corridor where , without knocking , she burst into Jessie 's room . |
| 19 | Basically , we struck for more money , that 's all . |
| 20 | Certain branches of the Ulster Workers ' Council wished for more time to prepare their particular factory or section of industry . |
| 21 | But working naturalists were interested in the whole range of exotic species , not just big game , while the radicals pushed for more research and public access to the zoo . |