Example sentences of "[adv] ask for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks . |
| 2 | No what amazes me Mr Chairman is that here we are , we 're being cost conscious on every ground and we 're saying we 're making a statement that we enter into an exercise that we have no idea , we 're not asking for the actual cost , we are asking , we are asking you must of had an idea what it would cost or I feel Mr Chairman that that , can I put it mildly , lack of planning and certainly financial planning possibly |
| 3 | The judge has not asked for the 37year-old Marquess , heir to Blenheim Palace , to attend . |
| 4 | We are not going to have any shooting trouble with them but they are tough bargainers and always ask for the whole earth , expecting maybe to get an acre . " |
| 5 | Bettinson , a director of education in Stockport , had booked an appointment with his superior yesterday to ask for the unpaid leave he would have needed to complete the tour of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand next summer . |
| 6 | Bettinson , a director of education in Stockport , had booked an appointment with his superior yesterday to ask for the unpaid leave he would have needed to complete the tour of Papua New Guinea and New Zealand next summer . |
| 7 | He wisely asked for the downward transition after a circuit and the mare came down to trot , threw her head up briefly and then rounded again . |
| 8 | I wish I had n't asked for the damned drink now . |