Example sentences of "[noun] ask for " in BNC.
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| 1 | put the contrary view in the form of a dilemma when he said : ‘ Either they were performing this public duty in giving the protection asked for , in which case I think they can not charge , or , which no one suggests , they were at the request of an individual doing something which it was not their duty to do , in which case it seems to me both public policy and section 10 of the County Police Act 1839 , make the contract illegal and void . ’ |
| 2 | Horsley asked for £500,000 . |
| 3 | In July 1947 , the Ministry asked for a statement concerning the hospital premises and funds . |
| 4 | Committee meetings had taken place at fortnightly intervals ever since early in the nineteenth century , but now , in view of the fact that there was a war on , the local government board asked for the meetings to be held monthly , a suggestion that was accepted with alacrity . |
| 5 | The idea of eating these things seemed absurd , and yet Pinkie asked for some . |
| 6 | Then Swindon asked for a million pounds , Chelsea offered nothing , and Hoddle was valued at a maximum of 175 thousand pounds . |
| 7 | Clubs asked for early warning |
| 8 | Suppose that instead of paying Lockheed , Boeing and General Dynamics $65 billion to build 648 of the new fighters , and thus partly freezing the technology for 20 years , the Pentagon asked for just 72 operational aircraft , plus spares and trainers , and then kept the production line ticking over . |
| 9 | The police driver asked for her documents but the woman explained , with a pleasant smile that they were at her home nearby . |
| 10 | The twenty-nine year old victim was standing at a bus stop on Haddington Road when a car pulled up and the driver asked for directions . |
| 11 | At about 0500 on 18 October 1990 Ballycastle was under severe threat from rising flood water and Fire Brigade Headquarters asked for help in evacuating people stranded in the area . |
| 12 | The Government had failed to agree on a programme : Baldwin was for protection ; Samuel was against it ; and MacDonald asked for ‘ a doctors mandate ’ . |
| 13 | The defence asked for reporting restriction to be lifted . |
| 14 | The defence asked for reporting restriction to be lifted . |
| 15 | The clerk behind the hatch asked for their empties before she 'd hand over the new bottles but they had n't got them . |
| 16 | Old FF asked for your suggestions for music to scare a heron . |
| 17 | If he fixed a price with the buyer , and the buyer asked for Modigliani 's address , the painter was likely to give away his work at a lower price or offer it as a present if the purchaser was shrewd enough to take him out for a meal and a few drinks . |
| 18 | The buyer asked for a copy of the restrictions ; they were not forthcoming , the seller having no copy . |
| 19 | One branch asked for a dispensation . |
| 20 | Another correspondent asked for cheap tracts which she could distribute to the poor as the middle class were already knowledgeable . |
| 21 | Sunderland asked for a £50,000 facility fee for admission to their match with Middlesbrough . |
| 22 | Today at the appeal court his counsel asked for his prison term to be reduced , saying it was a bad case , but not the worst case . |
| 23 | Right , Chair , P A G asked for two reports to be produced as part of the budget process , looking in more detail at the budget , and the two specific reports that were asked for , were fire safety and trimming . |
| 24 | A NIGHTCLUB bouncer accused of murdering Marie Wilks asked for a cloth to clean his car hours after her disappearance , then asked to keep the cloth , a court was told yesterday . |
| 25 | Whitehall asked for a slower offtake of the gas , a guarantee that UK companies would share in the development of three platforms in 1990 , 1992 and 1994 , and that the natural gas liquids ( NGLs ) from Sleipner should go by UK pipelines to Flotta in the Orkneys . |
| 26 | De la Mare asked for the Earl of March to be appointed to the advisory group , together with the Earls of Warwick , Stafford and Suffolk . |
| 27 | What we do know is that I M R O asked for this information in June nineteen eighty-eight and not long afterwards I M R O granted recognition to B I M and other Maxwell Companies , all the more surprising perhaps having raised the questions whether the question must come about , did they continue with their investigation , or did they let the matter drop and perhaps you might to comment in that context . |
| 28 | Chris Nicholls from Plymouth asked for a Turbo The Tortoise infinite lives poke , so thanks go to W Keenan from Tyne and Wear for his/her help . |
| 29 | But did you say Madge asked for the keys ? |
| 30 | The questionnaire addressed to the Head of Department asked for information under five headings : |