Example sentences of "[vb past] ask for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 'd asked for more space , as part of the head office refurbishment , but this was ridiculous ! |
| 2 | You know what you should have done while you was up there this time you should have took asked for some samples . |
| 3 | He yearned to gulp down the coffee that remained , he craved to ask for more . |
| 4 | But she also remembered to ask for another ten-shilling note a week later . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Kate had asked for another day of leave to try and get her family affairs sorted out . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | My employer would be Dr John Davy Rolleston , who was a scholar and had asked for this . |
| 9 | The Editor had asked for some more films to add to my list to show to your fish . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Until nine years ago he was heir to one of the biggest private fortunes in America , comfortably in step with the Gettys , Basses and Mellons , but had to ask for enough money to buy a house . |
| 12 | However , Randall ( with more concern for principled commercial independence than for the economic logic of external benefits ) refused to ask for such a subvention from central reserve funds for his London Board ( which carried the greatest burden of standardisation expenditure ) . |