Example sentences of "asking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On obtaining a prospectus and asking for an application form , you will find that every drama school will require an audition fee , and this can vary between £15 and £25 . |
| 2 | Absolute total recall — it was Portia 's famous ‘ The quality of mercy is not strained ’ from The Merchant of Venice — and mercy was what I was asking for , literally , at that moment . |
| 3 | I 'm not asking for a few soothing words to calm my conscience ; if I can , I want to help . |
| 4 | He must , as Ardener demonstrates , seek to sow ‘ semantic grain and grow theoretical crystals ’ which he may well appreciate no one is asking for . |
| 5 | He stopped talking , still breathing hard , and held his glass out frankly for a fill of wine , like a child asking for milk . |
| 6 | ‘ There is a crowd here , asking for you . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ We are not asking for names , Mr Cameron . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've even had a letter from the President 's office asking for your date of return . |
| 9 | There have been people writing in asking for her fans to stop making excuses for her . |
| 10 | We hope that woodworkers of all types will send in their wheezes , as readers are always asking for more tips . |
| 11 | It may be because people are not aware that these benefits exist ; they do not wish to ask for help while they can manage on what they have ; or they may be too proud to claim , thinking that it is like asking for charity . |
| 12 | He has written to Marstons managing director Michael Hurdle , asking for a meeting to express the branch 's concern . |
| 13 | We spent a day driving round the villages , asking for information , suspecting that we were missing something vital . |
| 14 | Now is the time to consolidate your gains by asking for more walks and extra perks , as your sensible attitude will enhance your standing during this fruitful period . |
| 15 | Therefore he is asking for trouble , and he receives it suddenly and in full measure , above the groundswell of heckling , at the hands of a divinity student who reminds him at the top of his voice about Fedka , a dangerous escaped convict now roaming ‘ our town ’ and originally a serf of Stepan 's whom he sold into military service to pay a gambling debt : |
| 16 | For Pound undoubtedly made the poem more obscure by asking for the excision of some transitional and bridging passages where the language was not at full pressure , but on the other hand he caused to be removed some extended sections which , being plainly extraneous , could only have added to readers ' bafflement . |
| 17 | In acknowledgement of this , IASC , which comprises the leading world accounting bodies , sent out a separate invitation to interested parties asking for their views on the subject . |
| 18 | Board demands : Trustees representing the interests of the Ferranti family have written to chairman Sir Derek Alun-Jones asking for the board to be replaced or supplemented by new directors . |
| 19 | Trustees representing substantial family interests have written to Sir Derek asking for the board to be replaced or supplemented by new directors . |
| 20 | All she is asking for , she says , is to live the same kind of life as everyone else . |
| 21 | He was replying to the disclosure by John Ward , the dead woman 's father , that he had written to Mr Rowland earlier this year asking for assistance in persuading the Kenyan authorities to open a murder inquiry . |
| 22 | During the latest six-day adjournment — to allow two witnesses to be called from abroad — Mr Ward said he had written to Mr Rowland on 31 January , asking for his help and recounting details of his daughter 's death . |
| 23 | He might just as well have said : ‘ It 's all very well asking for more money for the railways , but if the volume of rail freight were doubled , it would still be only a mere 16 per cent of the rail-and-road total . ’ |
| 24 | Engineering workers are also asking for a ‘ substantial rise ’ in pay . |
| 25 | Trustees representing substantial Ferranti family interests wrote to Sir Derek asking for the board to be replaced or supplemented by new directors . |
| 26 | In future we 'll be asking for less . ’ |
| 27 | The £172,000 prop failed to appear for Leeds on Sunday , and yesterday confirmed his disenchantment at Headingley by asking for a move . |
| 28 | Mr de Klerk , so eager to placate Margaret Thatcher and international opinion generally , was saying , between the lines : ‘ Look , I know you 're asking for Mandela 's release . |
| 29 | They are not , in the immortal phrase of the Florida juryman , ‘ asking for it ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I had been advised to mark everything up by 20 per cent , ’ Alistair Sampson said , ‘ because the clients ’ decorators would come round afterwards asking for a cut . |