Example sentences of "[noun prp] ask for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I immediately wrote to Colonel Sandford asking for his help in collecting my caravan , and he promised to do whatever he could . |
| 2 | Only two weeks ago , Hendry sent a plea to Roxburgh asking for his chance at the highest level . |
| 3 | ‘ If Artai asks for her hand — ’ he began delicately . |
| 4 | Whereupon Judah asks for her favours , for which she takes his signet , cord and staff as a pledge for payment — so that , when pregnant , she is able to prove that he is the father of the child and so legitimize her twins and perpetuate the line of her husband . |
| 5 | The Pope asked for his autograph ; sure , he said , pointing to a picture , by why ai n't Jesus black ? |
| 6 | I was duly astonished when Harley asked for his putter and sent Derek Jefferson ahead to hold the flag . |
| 7 | With four other committee members he has written to Darlington MP Michael Fallon and Labour candidate Alan Milburn asking for their intervention . |
| 8 | The Lebanese Government appealed to the United States , and King Hussein of Jordan invoked his long-standing friendship with Britain to ask for her help . |
| 9 | The raid was not too bad , but Gillies asked for his unit to be moved further out into the country after that . |
| 10 | I ran out of the house immediately and came to London to ask for your help . |