Example sentences of "'re asking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Choose the strong dog in a pack , then fail to discipline it properly , and you 're asking for trouble . |
| 3 | This month we 're asking for a little more . |
| 4 | Strap 's what you 're asking for , is n't it ? ’ |
| 5 | I 'll think about what you 're asking for . |
| 6 | So , we must oppose that and er also they 're asking for new powers er to move illegal travellers from land this is just another device because of their failure to provide sufficient sites throughout the country and if the of Essex County Council do their job er they they do n't need these new powers , what authority ought to be ha , er having are powers to provide some er , camping places for people . |
| 7 | The hours you 're asking for is seven thirty pm to eleven forty five pm ? |
| 8 | And the hours you 're asking for are seven thirty P M to eleven forty five P M ? |
| 9 | You 're asking for a slap . ’ |
| 10 | So to bloody tell 150 women , ‘ Oh , I 'm sorry , but you 're not having your visits ’ — you 're asking for trouble . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've threatened to shut the hotel down before I 'll give them the 12 per cent they 're asking for . |
| 12 | Almost the first thing Mathers said was , ‘ You 're asking for something you ca n't get . ’ |
| 13 | You 're asking for trouble , mate . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's the little things that are frustrating , ’ said Jane Olds , ‘ such as not being able to ask if they 're warm , or not understanding if they 're asking for something . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ They 're asking for trouble — disillusionment at the very least , more probably betrayal . ’ |
| 16 | If they heard a knock at the door or if they heard shouting and bawling in the street , but there 's nothing they can do what we 're asking for here is and I 'm asking for support is a phone to the people who can not afford one whereas if they hear something they can phone the police , or they can phone the support unit because are two people staying together in this day and age where they can not walk in the streets they 're attacked even in broad daylight going to get their pensions never mind at night-time . |
| 17 | What we 're asking for is is a phone to the people who ca n't afford it to the police stations . |
| 18 | ‘ How can I do a miracle if I do n't know what they 're asking for ? ’ |
| 19 | Motion four O two , we 're asking for your support , all those in favour ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But have a look at the rule and you 'll find that it bloody well states exactly what they 're asking for in that motion . |
| 22 | As has just been suggested , and I also mentioned in my speech , yes please , read the rule , it does n't say at every stage and that is all we 're asking for , that at every stage in the procedure a member knows why he or she has n't won the appeal . |
| 23 | If we 're asking for somebody to persuade the giant to leave us in peace , ask those whose hands are highest : " What qualities are going to be needed here ? |
| 24 | But they 're asking for for thirty six , |
| 25 | They 're asking for a donation of twenty thousand pounds , put that in the context of nearly say six hundred , six hund sorry five hundred and forty thousand pounds that they 're spending , and maybe ninety thousand pounds English Heritage are spending , they 're asking for us to fund the shortfall . |
| 26 | They 're asking for a donation of twenty thousand pounds , put that in the context of nearly say six hundred , six hund sorry five hundred and forty thousand pounds that they 're spending , and maybe ninety thousand pounds English Heritage are spending , they 're asking for us to fund the shortfall . |
| 27 | We feel this er this will hamper economic development in the district , it 'll prevent us er achieving the proposals set out in er in our local plan and we 're asking for thirty five hectares , an increase of ten hectares only . |
| 28 | Erm I I know with certainty that the thirty five hectare that we 're ask hectares that we 're asking for can be achieved , because we know the sites that er that where development will take place . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | And that is why we 're asking for officers to form a report on whether or not a small building maintenance team should be set up to be able to carry out that work . |