Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] ask for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 2 | Finally we asked for a change in the wording of supplementary benefit law which would abolish the term ‘ cohabitation ’ , with its sexual connotations , and substitute what seemed the more decent and objective phrase , ‘ living together as husband and wife ’ . |
| 3 | Why do n't you ask for a rubber when you make a mistake . |
| 4 | actually it 's a bit boring down there now but they , they had to put my , my explanation of the price of petrol er down , there 's nowhere to thing , cos th the last time I was down there I asked for a pint of bitter and this guy bought it me and said and I wanted two pound thirty or something . |
| 5 | He keeps calling in till he 's acknowledged , then he asks for a road report . |
| 6 | Shops in town do n't want to know when you ask for a toilet . |
| 7 | She was lifted out of her perch above the engine and made for the customs shed where she asked for a mirror so that she could restore order to her wrecked coiffure before she went into Paris . |