Example sentences of "[be] asking for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | you 're asking for the comprehension of the word . |
| 2 | When you are connected , be clear and confident in your manner when you are asking for the person you want to speak to and in announcing yourself : ‘ Good afternoon , this is Kate Farmer from Witcombe & Co . |
| 3 | AN appeal has gone out from Buxton Opera House where organisers of the BNFL-backed Questfest are asking for the loan of a Clavinova electric piano full-size keyboard . |
| 4 | And as Morse opened his passenger door , he stood for a while looking up at the Pole Star , and asking himself the question he had been asking for the past two hours : was there any way in which Downes could still have been the murderer after all ? |
| 5 | It concludes that the APB ‘ may well be asking for the impossible ’ . |
| 6 | In the year 2025 , people will be asking for the look of 1992 ! . ’ |
| 7 | Virgin offered to improve the deal still further to a 75–25 split , but Miles Copeland , Sting 's manager , flatly refused , ostensibly because Virgin were asking for the length of the contract to be extended to include the publishing rights to more albums . |
| 8 | The progress person should be aware when the creative team is dragging its feet or the account group is asking for the impossible . |
| 9 | That is not being disingenuous : that is asking for the kind of conduct that used to be normal on both sides of the House . |
| 10 | The second point is that the A C C are , are , I think , the second point is that there was a deputation to the Minister yesterday , so if , in a sense it 's a little late unless it was picked up by Mr yesterday , it may be a little late to do something for this year , er , I mean obviously next year is I think going to be the er , important issue , and the A C C has already circulated all Shire counties er , it 's picked up that this has happened to the majority of counties , although again the south east er , has escaped from that , and it 's asking for the sort of figures we 're debating this morning . |
| 11 | Erm for instance if he 's asking for the child to go to live with him and you oppose that then then court would make a decision as to where the child s should live . |
| 12 | You would think that I was asking for the earth to be changed but I 'm not really . |