Example sentences of "[pron] had ask for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Elton attacked his wife after she had asked for a divorce . |
| 2 | ‘ When Jane told us she had asked for a divorce it was a complete shock . ’ |
| 3 | She had asked for a test-tube baby because her fallopian tubes were irreversibly blocked . |
| 4 | She had sensed that he believed she had asked for the locket , that she was guilty of abusing his father 's generosity . |
| 5 | No Met nor Notam information was displayed , and we had to ask for the Met before filing our flight-plan to Santiago . |
| 6 | Their quotation was £12 for two pages , we had asked for a quote based on four , and although the letter promised a price and font list it was not enclosed . |
| 7 | And at Old Trafford yesterday , Cantona denied that he had asked for a transfer or that his working relationship with Wilkinson had suffered any breakdown . |
| 8 | He pushed the door open and wished he had asked for a candle . |
| 9 | It was n't as if he had asked for a fee , he had gone to the school for nothing , out of the goodness of his heart . |
| 10 | It struck me as odd at the time , and when Harry Collins told me that he had asked for a morning appointment it seemed even odder . ’ |
| 11 | On his way to the office he had asked for a thermos of coffee to be sent to him and two mugs and a bowl of sugar and some milk . |
| 12 | The judge said he had asked for the case to be re-listed because he had anxiety about the sentence he imposed . |
| 13 | It was only after he had asked for the bill that he said something that had her on guard again , although there was nothing about his lazy , ‘ Enjoy the party , did you , by the way ? ’ that should have caused her muscles — including her tongue muscles , it seemed — to instantly tighten . |
| 14 | Still half dazed by shock , lashed by rage and a deeper pain she told herself was grief for Edmund , Isabel forgot the fleeting moments when fitzAlan had shown her tenderness despite his suspicions , forgot that he had asked for the truth . |
| 15 | He had told him of the English girl on that first day when he had asked for the loan of the flat and permission for Constance to telephone from his palazzo . |
| 16 | A spokesman for the health authority said only eight mothers were believed to be at risk of infection and not all of them had asked for an AIDS test . |