Example sentences of "[art] [adj] [noun sg] ask for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | N now then , the other thing is when Dennis Healey went to the monetary system to ask for a couple of million pounds , he was shout down shouted down , but |
| 2 | I do n't think any MP has ever been to the monetary system to ask for a couple of million pounds , actually . |
| 3 | The public prosecutor asked for a four-year sentence , but the judge sent Meyer to jail for six years . |
| 4 | Russell Ferrante has been given permission by the High Court to ask for a second inquest into his son 's death . |
| 5 | Secondly , the hon. Gentleman asked for a change of policy that would ensure that , before people were discharged from long-stay hospitals , proper provision was made for them in the community . |
| 6 | ‘ What I hope will come out of the book is this : the Americans have a joint US/Russian commission which is looking into the matter , and I think it is about time that the British government asked for a seat on that commission . |
| 7 | When Mr Adley , along with Mr Gore-Booth and others , was asked to help restore relations with Syria last year , before the outbreak of war , he and the Foreign Office asked for a specific promise that Mrs Thatcher would not intervene again — and got it . |
| 8 | ‘ If in some sort the brothers all stand accused by this present word , ’ said Earl Robert helpfully , ‘ it is they , the humbler children of the household , who have the best right to ask for a name . |
| 9 | If this visit is not possible , she should fill in section B or C ( as well as section A ) on the back of the death certificate ( Form BD8 ) issued by the Registrar and send it to her local Social Security Office without delay , and they will send her a claim form ; or she may just write to the local office asking for a claim form for widow 's benefit . |
| 10 | A dying man asked for a chair to be placed by his bedside , because he sensed that Jesus Christ was sitting beside him in the darkness throughout the night . |
| 11 | A white woman asks for a bath , and they go and give her the key to the bathroom , things like that . |
| 12 | You 're quite right , though — it 's a good idea to ask for a breakdown of charges first and , if you 're not happy , shop around . |
| 13 | A bitterly-upset Goodway asked for a move after being left out of Wigan 's squad for last night 's game at Sheffield . |
| 14 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 15 | Is he aware that the chief inspector of prisons , Judge Tumim , has deplored any possible demise of the Apex Trust , that the Archbishop of Canterbury is raising private funds for the trust and that the Secretary of State received an all-party delegation to ask for a rescue package for it ? |