Example sentences of "[adv] ask [pron] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ? |
| 2 | Well , Mrs Davis , I ca n't promise you a rise ( and I certainly would n't be bold enough to ask you for a hug ! ) but what I can offer you is the chance to choose between a substantial pay-rise … £1,500 a year … and a cheque for the generous sum of £15,000 . |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm not asking you for a penny . ’ |
| 4 | Ah just ask , just ask him for a drop of |
| 5 | * The question may not directly ask you for a conclusion , but give one anyway . |
| 6 | Which was good news for START ( Skin Treatment and Research Trust ) as we also asked you for a donation to help START in their research into replacement skin for series skin problems . |
| 7 | Then , of course , they 'd make me a mother figure getting up asking me for a glass of water in the middle of the night . |
| 8 | With an effort she walked across the room to Jerry , who had so often asked her for a date and who , given any encouragement , would have been a frequent visitor to Blue Ash Farm . |
| 9 | The Conservative government has deprived North Tyneside of £300m in grant money since 1980 , What a cheek now to ask me for a donation . |
| 10 | Rory talked fast and funnily , told them of the rat they 'd found in the caravan when they 'd come to it , recounted the horrors of a little restaurant in Buncrana where they 'd eaten the night before , and laughed at the way he and Mallachy had sailed past the beach a thousand times before deciding to boldly ask them for a drink . |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |
| 12 | Anyway , I did n't ask you for a lecture ! |
| 13 | In all the years Francis and I were married I never asked him for a cent . |
| 14 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |