Example sentences of "ask for some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water . |
| 2 | Hilary Burden asked for some expert views — and , overleaf , we ask your opinion |
| 3 | When the pope asked for some sign by which he could tell ‘ which requests are important to us and are dear to our heart , and which are not ’ , Edward indicated early in the new year that he would mark such requests with the words Pater Sancte , written in his own hand , but he promised that these requests would be employed with restraint — ‘ only as we can and ought ’ . |
| 4 | The bank asked for some security for this amount and the defendant promised by letter to charge certain goods and to pay the proceeds thereof to the bank against the overdraft . |
| 5 | Only querulous pupils and awkward governors at interviews asked for some justification for studying it . |
| 6 | Eventually he was taken into the West Sussex hospital and when Mr Smith visited him , he asked for some chlorodyne . |
| 7 | Later that Wednesday , as she was teaching a class of children , two men came into the classroom asking for some paper and pencils . |
| 8 | Anna asks for some coffee . |
| 9 | The oil mingled with the warm salty water which leaked from places in the ceilings , and that was one of the reasons they had asked for some sort of banister rail to hold on to in the narrow winding-stair . |
| 10 | The Prosecution would point to the 1991 Currie Cup Final and ask for some evidence of the power of South Africa . |
| 11 | If they ask for some cheese , you wo n't get it on the meat counter will you ? |
| 12 | You must go to her and claim relationship with her , and ask for some help in our trouble . ’ |
| 13 | While you 're there , ask for some styling tips from your hairdresser — most are happy to oblige and you can pick up some very useful tricks of the trade . |
| 14 | When you ask for some information from hard disk , the coaching controller grabs more information than you need from the same area of the disk . |
| 15 | to ask for some money for Monday 's bop , cos we lost about forty quid . |
| 16 | Well we 're just I 'm just we might have to ask for some money for it . |
| 17 | W. Roberts writes from Jersey to ask for some help in the design of a circuit which will allow him to adjust the timing of engines fitted to a light aircraft . |
| 18 | The other one erm is within the university itself because we do have a support organisation here for teaching within the university , and it is possible for groups of teachers in any part of the university to ask for some help and support in looking at one of the courses they 're involved in teaching . |
| 19 | These have been possible questions to ask for some time . |
| 20 | He waited , out of long experience with dominant characters , until a natural break occurred and used it to ask for some background , starting with how long the Minister had known Miss Morgan . |
| 21 | Councillors are concerned the new development will mean increased traffic and are to ask for some sort of restrictions for lorries . |
| 22 | ‘ They might ask for some identification : in this country , the man who carries cash is guilty until proven innocent . |
| 23 | I would ask for some Kleenex , some razor blades and I would get to that word and I could n't do it . ’ |
| 24 | His head was growing heavy , he would ask for some coffee when the waiter returned ; it was dark indoors , darker than he would have expected on a showery early summer afternoon , when the sun outside does not dazzle . |