Example sentences of "ask for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We ask for reference back so that a closer look can be taken at these problems in the administration of the benefits . |
| 2 | Ask for motives : ‘ On what basis are you making that interpretation ? ’ , |
| 3 | But we ask for patience until Chapter 4 . |
| 4 | Dial 150 , ask for Freephone Telecom Sales , and ask for the Action for Disabled Customers Liaison Officer . |
| 5 | For more information and advice , dial 100 and ask for Freephone Tanning Research . |
| 6 | just ask , ask for Brett , just say you want an enquiry about parts or . |
| 7 | She smiled to herself and refrained from adding , the ladies who come in here usually ask for shag for their pipes . |
| 8 | You see , there are ladies … or women who smoke , but their choice is usually Woodbines ; a few ask for Gold Flake , but quite a number ask for shag for their pipes . ’ |
| 9 | One of them was the fact that housing associations ask for the keys is or ask for notification up to a month in advance of the fact that someone 's going to leave and that is not something which in terms of our stock , we find practical to do . |
| 10 | Punks with their dogs piss in the waiting-room and ask for money . |
| 11 | The idea is graphically summarised by Alison Norman : ‘ We are all familiar with the advertisements and Christmas begging letters which ask for money in terms which suggest that old people are in danger of hypothermia or social isolation simply because they are old — not because they do not have sufficient incomes to heat and repair their homes or to pay for a taxi or telephone . ’ |
| 12 | How dare you make these offensive statements and then ask for money to support you . |
| 13 | But if the goods are faulty you 'd have the right to decline the credit note and ask for money back . |
| 14 | They just ask for money . ’ |
| 15 | They will delay you and ask for money . |
| 16 | If they ask for money . |
| 17 | I found my drink was a great problem with them because ( ) at that time I drank whisky and lemonade + and I would ( ) go and ask for whisky and lemonade and I would get ( ) whisky and lemon + because you have to ask for whisky ( ) or scotch and seven up + you know + I eventually ( ) cottoned on to it + but + and they could n't get over ( ) the fact that I did n't like ice in whisky and of course ( ) they either gave me ice whether I wanted it or not or ( ) they stacked the glass up + right up to the level that ( ) you would normally have if you had ice in your drink ( ) anyway + and consequently I got ploughed + frequently + ( ) and that 's that I + I tended to stick to my drink ++ ( ) |
| 18 | So if you 're Afro-American , female , below the age of 12 and with the next Do The Right Thing in the back of your mind , call Universal and ask for Spike . |
| 19 | ‘ Mr Lilley should go to any city in this country and try to live with nothing … find how degrading it is to go to those places and ask for blankets and ask for food . ’ |
| 20 | It is more appropriate to such a case than is Form N79 but , unlike Form N79 , does not inform the contemnor that he can apply to the court to purge his contempt and ask for release . |
| 21 | The notice also informs the contemnor of his right to apply to the court to purge his contempt and ask for release . |
| 22 | He said the men made Mrs Kennedy phone Ulster Television and ask for cameras but then agreed to speak to a priest and gave themselves up . |
| 23 | If we must , we can use classed ranks — a hybrid between rating and ranking — in which we ask for assignment to a top class , second class , etc. , there being relatively few classes . |
| 24 | use vague requests ( e.g. ‘ Why ca n't you be more polite ? ’ instead of ‘ Say ‘ please ’ when you ask for something' ) ? |
| 25 | Now a service has been set up in Pilton based on our model , but there 's nothing else entirely free — most places ask for donations . |
| 26 | If you need cheese just to make sauces , ask for cheese off-cuts . |
| 27 | Those who ask for reports have no time to read long ones- nor will they take the trouble to unravel texts like the example given above . |
| 28 | I 'll give it half an hour , maybe an hour or so , then I 'll call the local paper and ask for Frank 's contact . |
| 29 | Ask for chips and you get crisps . |
| 30 | If you ask for breakfast in your room they have difficulty in understanding the idea , but they will do it . |