Example sentences of "[pron] [be] asking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am asking for a mandate from the supporters and shareholders to put me on the board . ’ |
| 2 | Further to your report ( Echo February 4 ) , I am asking for volunteers from the Spennymoor Ward to form a steering committee to promote activities for the youth of the ward , such as Outward Bound , fishing , youth projects etc . |
| 3 | I 'm asking for your leading . |
| 4 | But all I 'm asking for is an all-glass tank four feet long , and around 18″ × 18″ so that I can watch my shoals patrolling its full length . |
| 5 | ‘ I think what I 'm asking for a pair of shoes is fair enough though I am keeping the prices low as an incentive for my customers to come back for more . ’ |
| 6 | Erlich said , ‘ I 'm asking for your best effort , sir . ’ |
| 7 | " I hate to mention this , because it seems as though I 'm asking for things , but you do know I have n't got anything to wear , do n't you ? |
| 8 | I 'm sorry , I 'm asking for an answer really , yes or no . |
| 9 | ‘ So I 'm asking for another week , Hilary . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm asking for money , ’ I replied , my cheeks red . |
| 11 | I 've spent a fortune in this place and all I 'm asking for is a reduction in the service charge . ’ |
| 12 | He said , ‘ That 's not what I 'm asking for . ’ |
| 13 | Yes , the copying music , what I 'm asking for is not so much copying there , ag it 's it 's the old friend transposition , well it 's partly copying , but it 's mainly transposition of erm horn , trumpet and clarinet parts |
| 14 | One line , that 's all I 'm asking for . |
| 15 | If they heard a knock at the door or if they heard shouting and bawling in the street , but there 's nothing they can do what we 're asking for here is and I 'm asking for support is a phone to the people who can not afford one whereas if they hear something they can phone the police , or they can phone the support unit because are two people staying together in this day and age where they can not walk in the streets they 're attacked even in broad daylight going to get their pensions never mind at night-time . |
| 16 | What I 'm asking for is that we keep this approach up to fight this government to give er our senior citizens a better chance in this life , cos a lot of us here would not be here today if it was n't for the senior citizens who brought us up . |
| 17 | So I think I 'm asking for just a bit more , more talks and where there is a , a home or homes in a rural area that may be the only home in that area , so it is available to local people that Social Services come in and there in an understanding in planning authorities first and now the actual criteria we 're working on because most local people will think that home is for local people . |
| 18 | At least accident should occur so I 'm asking for a review of those to see if we ha we are buying the right vehicle or not . |
| 19 | It 's just an opportunity to meet and that 's all I 'm asking for . |
| 20 | but it annoys me that , why , you see , I 'm , I 'm asking for cover for technical half an hour in the morning |
| 21 | Erm I 'm asking for it to be done first so hopefully |
| 22 | Absolute total recall — it was Portia 's famous ‘ The quality of mercy is not strained ’ from The Merchant of Venice — and mercy was what I was asking for , literally , at that moment . |
| 23 | However , I pointed out that what I was asking for was no more than would comprise a normal police station in a provincial town and that there were many economies to be made by giving up our offices in central London . |
| 24 | I was asking for help . |
| 25 | You would think that I was asking for the earth to be changed but I 'm not really . |
| 26 | A lot of the books I was asking for [ from project funds ] were already in the library . |
| 27 | Cos I was asking , for a number of reasons I was asking for floor plans for our , you see . |
| 28 | When I was asking for my referred leads yesterday , what did I say ? |
| 29 | Public opinion does not go unheeded , and disabled people are not the only group which is asking for its own wishes and opinions to be recognised . |
| 30 | But I must have done well the term before , or perhaps he was slacking , or both , because there we were together and Nigel as he then called himself was asking for a pound . |