Example sentences of "ask for [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the book had apparently served the purpose we asked for its return , only to be told by a shamefaced colleague : " I 'm awfully sorry but I can not remember where I put it . " |
| 2 | Norsk Data A/S , yesterday asked for its listing on the Oslo bourse to be temporarily cancelled — for up to two months , although it says it hopes to reach final agreement with its major creditors this month . |
| 3 | The drug cartels , in a letter to congressional president Luis Guillermo Giraldo Hurtado on Oct. 23 , 1989 , under their pseudonym the " Extraditables " , displayed previous knowledge of the Supreme Court 's ruling and asked for its recognition as part of a peace plan rejected by the government who reaffirmed that emergency extraditions would continue . |
| 4 | She asked for her name not to be used because she wanted to protect her relationship with regular callers . |
| 5 | She asked for her boys to be taken into care because she was terrified that she would do it again . |
| 6 | Mandy and Debby looked the part all right , they looked tough enough for this , particularly Debby , who gave me so much eye-contact and hand-on-knee and dressing-gown disclosure that I almost asked for her telephone number . |
| 7 | The police driver asked for her documents but the woman explained , with a pleasant smile that they were at her home nearby . |
| 8 | Then I paid the woman the five shillings she asked for her hospitality and went on my way . |
| 9 | He asked for her help in resisting attempts to ban the sale of fresh turkeys at Christmas . |
| 10 | ‘ I was desperate when I rang Anne and asked for her help . |
| 11 | Occasionally he asked for her opinion but showed no particular reaction when she gave it , so that she had no way of knowing if he was completely satisfied with her grasp of the work . |
| 12 | Before she could add , as she was evidently about to , that she never bought anything at the door , he announced himself hurriedly and asked for her husband . |
| 13 | It asked for their support in getting the law changed , and the guidelines strengthened by law . |
| 14 | And she asked for their support over a difficult period . |
| 15 | Martha , her youngest , was being courted by Sam Baldwin , the youngest son of the family at Cauldron Mill ; although the lad had not yet spoken to Jonadab , Annie knew it would not be long before he asked for their daughter as his bride . |
| 16 | Arran convened his kin and friends , and all the other nobles who would support him , and asked for their backing against the cardinal . |
| 17 | For example , it used to be the time when farmers asked for their crops to be blessed for the coming year . |
| 18 | The independent surveyor asked for their submissions in order to assist him in his task . |
| 19 | He had an idea that he would find himself another flat , and he actually called at a number of agencies in the Bayswater area and asked for their lists . |
| 20 | And I went in there , and asked for their tailoring department and er er I found out after that I was just dead lucky , one of their trouser finishers was going to er leave , she was getting married , and she was leaving and erm although you did n't have to leave then , she she she sort of had got to leave , so er I just fell lucky , there . |
| 21 | The clerk behind the hatch asked for their empties before she 'd hand over the new bottles but they had n't got them . |
| 22 | Then I thought I would try writing a thirty-minute comedy play , which I sent to ITV and asked for their comments . |
| 23 | So I put it to him , ‘ Being famous does n't necessarily endow a guitarist with insight into the design and workings of the guitar , so why are artists so often asked for their input and reviewers almost never , when our job is to understand , examine and pass judgement on guitars on a daily basis ? ’ |
| 24 | We asked for their advice ( not all of them , there are nearly half a million users ! ) and the question that we asked was … |
| 25 | You asked for it Mister Smith … |
| 26 | ‘ I distinctly asked for it bien done . ’ |
| 27 | cos they 're not X directory if we can get hold of the number , er so she 's going to say to her could she do it any quicker and I said well the woman said if she could do it any quicker she would ring me , she asked for me phone number . |
| 28 | I asked for my question to be translated into Bengali . |
| 29 | Right off the bat , George Lynch , Warren DiMartini and Steve Vai all asked for my services . |
| 30 | I think the Prince of Wales may have told Sir Thomas so , after he asked for my services at the banquet . |