Example sentences of "asking [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the hours you 're asking for are seven thirty P M to eleven forty five P M ? |
| 2 | There is no sound ideological position from which the more liberal elements can challenge the ‘ enthusiasts ’ of the DUP because all the DUP is asking for is strict adherence to the constitutions and traditions of the Orders ! |
| 3 | He concluded : ‘ It seems to me that the only purpose the FBI has in proposing such a law would be so that it can make telephone taps without the cooperation of the telephone company … in other words , what they are asking for is the ability to make warrant-less taps . ’ |
| 4 | But all I 'm asking for is an all-glass tank four feet long , and around 18″ × 18″ so that I can watch my shoals patrolling its full length . |
| 5 | What we are asking for is a basic human right as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – – the right to participate in society , the right to a future for our children , for our community , the right to a decent job , a real job . |
| 6 | The hours you 're asking for is seven thirty pm to eleven forty five pm ? |
| 7 | And I think what the questioner was asking for is , is probably adequately covered in the Christological section where we talk of giving hope and declaring forgiveness of sin . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , in case I seem to be just er avoiding the question , er I would have to say that this has been asked for before and we have resisted time and again , that 's the history of the matter , on the grounds that what these parents are really asking for is baptism and it 's our opportunity to er , to speak in these terms er and it 's a gold golden opportunity if they actually come to us . |
| 9 | I 've spent a fortune in this place and all I 'm asking for is a reduction in the service charge . ’ |
| 10 | Yes , the copying music , what I 'm asking for is not so much copying there , ag it 's it 's the old friend transposition , well it 's partly copying , but it 's mainly transposition of erm horn , trumpet and clarinet parts |
| 11 | What I 'm asking for is that we keep this approach up to fight this government to give er our senior citizens a better chance in this life , cos a lot of us here would not be here today if it was n't for the senior citizens who brought us up . |
| 12 | What we 're asking for is is a phone to the people who ca n't afford it to the police stations . |
| 13 | What he 's asking for is that any references to that particular disastrous day is not referred to as Black Wednesday , but in fact as Devaluation Day . |
| 14 | So what I 'm really asking for is full democracy and not the rather closed democracy that we 've been used to in this country er for too long . |
| 15 | What they 're asking for is already in the rule , already in the rule what the speaker spoke about , about er , motion number three on rule amendment , and have a look at it , what the motion states is not what she spoke about , not what she spoke about . |
| 16 | And what they 're actually asking for is some help towards item of kit , erm , a goalkeeping helmet , sixty pounds . |
| 17 | What they 're actually asking for is that whether we would be able to help them by arranging for a loan on their behalf , they would service the debt at this time , so I might suggest chairman that we revert it to the finance committee for |
| 18 | Erm in effect what you 're s what you 're asking for is the level of provision to return to something equivalent to what it is in the approved structure plan er and also would reflect fairly careful analysis of what you 've done as to what would be reasonable allocations . |
| 19 | The main thing Oxfam is asking for is more money . |
| 20 | We need some help and all we 're asking for is a grant for help |
| 21 | ‘ We believe that a bypass is what 's needed and all we are asking for is a feasibility study to be carried out , ’ Mr Melia said . |
| 22 | What the buyer is asking for is further information because he is interested in what the salesperson is saying . |
| 23 | They need our hands , our feet and most of all our minds , colleagues , what we are asking for is not a lot . |
| 24 | All we 're asking for is a sense of balance , all we 're asking for is for the facts put in there , so at least if the symptoms are made aware , then at least people are aware to do something about it . |
| 25 | All we 're asking for is a sense of balance , all we 're asking for is for the facts put in there , so at least if the symptoms are made aware , then at least people are aware to do something about it . |
| 26 | ‘ I need to know , Malamute , ’ she said frostily , and Tammuz knew what she was really asking for was his permission to intrude upon his therapy programme . |
| 27 | However , I pointed out that what I was asking for was no more than would comprise a normal police station in a provincial town and that there were many economies to be made by giving up our offices in central London . |
| 28 | All I kept asking for was my dog . |
| 29 | The row culminated in the headteacher , Jim Nind , asking to be transferred to another post and four of the seven teachers , apparently exhausted by the events , going on sick leave for a week . |
| 30 | The Old Bailey jury trying Celia Palmer , 18 , and her boyfriend Danny Palmer , 17 , for the murder of baby Christopher Palmer was sent to a hotel last night despite asking to be allowed to begin deliberations . |