Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] ask for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , of course I ask for as much as I can get . ‘ |
| 2 | And what 's more , there 's no pressure to buy , no long term commitment to meet and a Red House ordering procedure that guarantees that you only ever get the books you ask for . |
| 3 | Not all parents who ask for help will be expecting the professional to solve the problem for them . |
| 4 | During the inquiry they ask for the electronic serial number of the mobile phone which is then used for the illegal duplication of the phone unit . |
| 5 | Now hear this : I will take provisions only if you take me to Elaine and provide both of us with the things I ask for . ’ |
| 6 | Questions which ask for a ‘ yes ’ or ‘ no ’ answer are badly devised and do not carry the interview forward in a constructive way . |
| 7 | Some families who ask for help have a basically good relationship with their children . |
| 8 | The sales assistant serves you personally — she selects the goods you ask for , takes your money , gives you your change , wraps up your purchase and may even pack the goods into your shopping bag . |
| 9 | The letter ends : ‘ Now on the point of departure we ask for your PRAYERS — for ourselves and our families whom we leave behind . ’ |
| 10 | Please give the bank any evidence they ask for . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ They are a people who ask for little but who are enormously and genuinely grateful for any help ’ , wrote one official who witnessed a terrible drought in Masailand in the early 1960s : ‘ They live a hard life uncomplainingly . ’ |
| 12 | The way in which individual credit granters decide whether or not to lend to people who ask for loans or credit affects the general pattern of credit use . |
| 13 | Most people who ask for advice about a decision are really seeking condemnation : that is to say , condemnation of the choice they do not want to make but have not the courage to reject . |
| 14 | Erm you can phone them up and ask them for a Yellow Pages listing and they and they 'll give at random a listing from the Yellow Pages in whatever area you ask for . |
| 15 | The guidelines say that doctors should seriously consider requests from patients with incurable diseases who ask for their lives to be ended . |
| 16 | The only thing I ask for is your support and your prayers . ’ |
| 17 | Spontaneous examples of positive performance such as using specific knowledge , rounding , correcting and so on are generally recorded during oral interaction with pupils and are not revealed by written tests which ask for specific answers to specific questions . |
| 18 | This is the way I ask for referral , this is the way I service my client , this is what I do . |
| 19 | The idea is graphically summarised by Alison Norman : ‘ We are all familiar with the advertisements and Christmas begging letters which ask for money in terms which suggest that old people are in danger of hypothermia or social isolation simply because they are old — not because they do not have sufficient incomes to heat and repair their homes or to pay for a taxi or telephone . ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps by contemplating you will find something that is wrong in your proposition … dig the gold and look at the country , but we can not give you the country you ask for . |
| 21 | A. We ask for £12 a year — to give a smaller amount please use the Bankers Order . |
| 22 | The minimum deposit we ask for is £10,000 . |
| 23 | I wanted to find a better job , but for a factory you need to have finished school and in the coffee processing industries they ask for ninth grade . |
| 24 | Parents can be wrong in the obedience they ask for . |