Example sentences of "[vb past] for more [noun] " 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 | Benjamin asked for more torches and we went round the walls studying the floor . |
| 4 | I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Magistrates adjourned the hearing until later today after a solicitor asked for more time to consult his clients . |
| 9 | According to H. B. Schiefer , a toxicologist at the University of Saskatchewan , Canadians at the meeting argued for more studies of the alleged victims . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Benjamin turned and shouted for more wine . |
| 12 | In his 1935 budget speech , Neville Chamberlain , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , commented on the implications of a decreasing birth rate for an imperial power and appealed for more babies . |
| 13 | Other reports were given by secretary Robert Broderick , treasurer Michael Saltmarsh , Pilgrim 's group leader Patricia Saltmarsh and Diane Loosemoore who appealed for more helpers for the Junior Church . |
| 14 | He begged for more laymen and more laywomen to teach in Sunday Schools . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I see and you arranged for more information to be passed on to Superintendent is that it ? |
| 17 | The Royal African Company came under criticism from the West India sugar planters , who clamoured for more slaves to be supplied without explaining how they would be paid for , and also from other English merchants who thought they could do a better job of supplying slaves . |
| 18 | He called for more bobbies on the beat , an end to court delays and reform of prisons . |
| 19 | It called for more powers to be transferred to the European Commission and to the European Parliament , which would have the power to veto with a majority vote legislation proposed by the Council of Ministers . |
| 20 | Polytechnic directors yesterday called for more government funding . |
| 21 | Coun. Bill Stenson called for more schools to get involved in cycling proficiency and road safety schemes , and Mr Hillcoat said that road safety officers from the county were involved in helping teachers run the schemes . |
| 22 | Coun Bill Stenson called for more schools to take on cycling proficiency and road safety courses for children . |
| 23 | They called for more maple syrup and more butter . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | They looked for more drugs , but they found nothing . |
| 28 | We looked for more badger clues . |
| 29 | He turned north and searched for more openings and found more troops . |
| 30 | 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 . |