Example sentences of "[noun] asking [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Residents in Ansdale Road , Middlesbrough , have petitioned the council asking for more street lighting to try to reduce the problems associated with vandalism . |
| 2 | The winner , Katie Bishop , 15 , cooked a special meal with an unusual carrot pudding that had the judges asking for more . |
| 3 | Later that Wednesday , as she was teaching a class of children , two men came into the classroom asking for some paper and pencils . |
| 4 | Er the various exhibition places asking about that , and making sure they all know my name . |
| 5 | As soon as his manger is empty he carries it around in his teeth asking for more . |
| 6 | The committee clerk sent out a simple questionnaire asking for such information as : How many times was planning permission given in conflict with the policies of a Local or Structure Plan ; How many times was permission given against the advice of planning officers . |
| 7 | One three-month-old baby managed to talk its parents into sending Santa a letter asking for some clothes and a few bits for the cot . |
| 8 | One month later Allison wrote to Clark asking for more details about Clark 's work — this time on t-butyl hydroperoxide , another chemical known to produce free oxygen radicals . |
| 9 | George Underwood : ‘ It was all instigated by David really , because he had been listening to the World Service on the radio and suddenly got the bug to get involved in American Football , and he wrote to the American Embassy asking for more information . |