Example sentences of "[noun] and asked for " in BNC.
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| 1 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 2 | On 11 July Cross had taken a sample of his own tapwater into the local North Cornwall District Council offices and asked for it to be analysed , but the Council refused . |
| 3 | In Peking he contacted missionaries and asked for baptism . |
| 4 | Sergeant Potter called at the Gasworks and asked for Miss Deirdre McTavish . |
| 5 | She expressed a warm opinion of the piece and asked for more of her work . |
| 6 | You cos you know Bonnie yeah , sh she erm got offered a er job in Glitters in Camden yeah it 's a shop in Camden , and sh she told Honey and Dan about it yeah and the next thing she knows yeah like the next day , she 's talking to Dan and Honey and Honey comes out and says oh I went down to Glitters and asked for a job right said right to Honey 's face I mean Bonnie 's face . |
| 7 | He was refused entry to Kuwait and asked for asylum in France.President Giscard d'Estaing asked the Shah his views and the Shah made one of the worst mistakes in his reign by agreeing the Khomeini should go to France , He assumed that the obstreperous priest would be les of a threat to him in distant , Christian France than in neighbouring , radical , Islamic country . |
| 8 | The banks offered a 30 per cent cut and asked for a US$1,000 million payment to reduce interest arrears of US$8,000 million . |
| 9 | From a cafe " behind the Nile , Frenchman called the Oberoi and asked for the Queen . |
| 10 | I tottered across to a cottage on the edge of the loch and asked for a pot of tea and a bite to eat . |
| 11 | So she gave Jamie to a horse dealer called Liz Burt and asked for another in return . |
| 12 | ( Do you know , I was in the council chamber with Thomas Cromwell when , years later , the northern rebels sent their demands and asked for his removal . |
| 13 | Five years later , the plaintiff , having been informed that the painting was not a Constable , returned it to the defendants and asked for his money back . |
| 14 | Oh you have n't gone up to a bar and asked for a pils have you ? |
| 15 | Gandhi wrote to him on 14 February and asked for an interview . |
| 16 | When at last my number came , I presented myself at the window and asked for a ticket on the 10.05 to Stockholm the next morning . |
| 17 | She admitted four charges of making a false representation to obtain benefit and asked for 18 others to be taken into consideration . |
| 18 | The Queen was particularly delighted with these models and asked for two dozen to be sent to Buckingham Palace . |
| 19 | A traveller in Scotland went into a pub and asked for a pint of bitter . |
| 20 | ‘ On my way down I sent a message to the sheriff 's office at the Guildhall and asked for two cursitors to make diligent inquiries amongst the taverns and stews along this side of the river . |
| 21 | The RAC removed 89 parts from the stack and asked for replacements from the spares stock . |
| 22 | They came to the County Council and asked for our permission , to record a number of meetings in order to get a variety of settings and words , different words they used . |
| 23 | And she loved his body , the astringent unsweaty cleverness of it , that gave with delight and asked for so little back . |
| 24 | He admitted eight robberies between May and July and asked for two others and six attempted robberies to be taken into consideration . |
| 25 | He replied that there was no substance in the allegation of French unpreparedness in the Verdun sector and asked for the names of those who had given Galliéni the information so that they might be admonished . |
| 26 | She picked up the telephone and asked for a courier service . |
| 27 | That evening I rang Fred Workman , News Editor of the Times-Herald , at his home and asked for a job as cub reporter . |
| 28 | Christina walked behind the reception desk and asked for a copy of Mr Banville 's account . |
| 29 | Two days before the hearing , she reversed her decision and asked for him back . |
| 30 | Last year , in response to a request from South Africa 's Bishop of Kimberley , three Carmelite nuns in Germany , knowing Darlington 's links with South Africa , contacted the convent and asked for help . |