Example sentences of "have ask for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With Ms Doi 's passion for pachinko and the industry 's reputation for large-scale tax evasion — both public knowledge - who could have asked for more ? |
| 2 | Even if she had n't sussed out who had ordered the stuff , she should have asked for his advice and help in disposing of it . |
| 3 | He could not have asked for a clearer-case of his anti-Christian enemy ‘ trampling on the moral law ’ than in Hungary . |
| 4 | IF ENGLAND had wanted a tough competitive fixture to complete their domestic programme before the Students World Cup in Italy in July 1 , they could not have asked for better preparation that at Blundellsands yesterday . |
| 5 | ‘ I am the mother of a spastic child but had I been told before his birth that my son would be handicapped I would have asked for an abortion . |
| 6 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 7 | When it was too late and Nails had had time to cool down , he realised he should have asked for Mr Bean or even Biddy or Nutty 's dad to be contacted . |
| 8 | He replied that there was n't , but that I should have asked for Operations when I got to Porto . |
| 9 | My Mother was n't insured and the funeral director 's bill of £150 was a shock ( he might as well have asked for the moon ) . |
| 10 | I could n't have asked for more . ’ |
| 11 | After chasing the Mister Big of Acid House , the press finally had a real-life folk devil , Mister C. The tabloids could n't have asked for anything better |
| 12 | The tabloids could n't have asked for anything better . |
| 13 | Wright could n't have asked for a better way to celebrate his 29th birthday today . |
| 14 | On 26 May Mozart appeared at court before the King of Prussia , a keen amateur cellist , who may have asked for some quartets . |
| 15 | Charles II found land grants very convenient ; he could give them to people who at the beginning of the century would have asked for monopolies and he could feel confident that these grants would not rouse the hostility in England that monopolies had caused . |
| 16 | I could not have asked for a better introduction to the summer Alps ’ . |
| 17 | No , he could n't have asked for it to have turned out better . |
| 18 | When the agency has produced specific proposals for your campaign — or anything else you may have asked for — the account executive will normally introduce them , and may present the entire proposals personally , without calling on other members of the group to cover their specialities . |
| 19 | A report is aimed at a particular reader who is expecting and may have asked for facts , conclusions and recommendations . |
| 20 | I could n't have asked for a better family ! |
| 21 | Had the examiner wanted such a discussion he would have asked for it in a separate part of the question . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd have asked for a final orgy myself , but each to his own . |
| 23 | I believe that the opposition should have insisted on having a vote on a motion in which the government could have asked for support , and we would have put down an amendment saying that we thought that sanctions should have been given longer . |
| 24 | If I could have asked for a gift , I suppose it would have been the ability to make a living as a musician . |
| 25 | He had phoned her at Milton Buildings , saying that he had a routine enquiry to make about the Datsun , would have asked for Mr Marius Steen but , owing to the recent regrettable happening , wondered if she could help . |
| 26 | The entire proceedings , including questions which the data collector may have asked for clarification during the search , were recorded on a sound recorder . |
| 27 | The wee man must have asked for it . |
| 28 | Would you have asked for my investment if you had n't convinced yourself we were going to get married ? ’ |
| 29 | If the cast had needed a demonstration of Michael Banks 's genuine warmth , they could not have asked for a better one than the way he dealt with Alex Household . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's the best birthday present I could have asked for . ’ |