Example sentences of "ask [pron] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , she had deep and peaceful eyes , and when she passed me by she only smiled ; she asked me for nothing . |
| 2 | She asked me for nothing more , she did n't want to cause me problems , but I could n't just walk away from her . |
| 3 | Theyspoketo them nicely but if I asked them for anything it was as though they could n't be bothered . |
| 4 | My old gran did n't bother with recipes and if anybody asked her for one she 'd say ‘ Oh , I do n't bother wi' them things . |
| 5 | Her mother so seldom asked her for anything , she realised with a jolt . |
| 6 | I asked him for one yesterday and he said he never had one . |
| 7 | Thinking about this one morning in 1954 , I went along to the keeper of the laboratory chemical stores and asked him for something which was water-soluble and formed needle crystals . |
| 8 | I asked him for something to ease the pain , but he reminded me that he could n't because I had a head wound . |
| 9 | But what am I to do when someone asks me for everything I know on Lake Malawi Cichlids ( as happens fairly often ) . |
| 10 | I 've never asked them for anything before … then all of a sudden , you become partly dependent on them … it 's very difficult . |
| 11 | If I ask you for something will you sing it ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ If these guys ask you for anything , just give it to them . |
| 13 | ‘ It shall go very hard , my lord , before I ask you for anything . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I would never have asked you for anything ! ’ she protested proudly . |
| 15 | You just ask him for one ! |
| 16 | I had not asked him for anything , nor had I expected anything . |
| 17 | You 'ave nevaire ask 'im for anything ! |
| 18 | ‘ Next time he asks us for something , we will find it harder to say no , ’ said one of those present . |
| 19 | She 's forced to ask him for everything , loaded as he is . |
| 20 | Oh , I know , you do n't like to ask him for anything my dear , you do n't have to tell me , I 've seen it all before . |
| 21 | My wife is a very undemanding woman , Robert , she would never ask me for anything . ’ |
| 22 | And er he said , You can ask me for anything , cos he was a strong Catholic you see and he would n't he did n't believe in anything to do with birth control . |
| 23 | He ate the strawberries quickly before anyone could ask him for one . |
| 24 | ‘ I said I 'd never ask 'im for anything . ’ |