Example sentences of "[noun pl] asking for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is not his solution of private consultants to be engaged by competitive schools asking for trouble , because it creates an automatic conflict of interest and renders their reports suspect by definition ? |
| 2 | ‘ I felt guilty writing because I know she is always besieged by charities asking for help . |
| 3 | The era of sealing wax and string was beginning to come to its end , although the end was far off ; in the Cavendish Laboratory under Rutherford in the 1930s the story was that research workers asking for string were made to say how many inches of it they needed . |
| 4 | 47% of families asking for help from the Family Welfare Association did not have enough money left to feed themselves . |
| 5 | I had written to hundreds of firms asking for material support , and had asked royalty , influential people and famous explorers to lend their names to a list of patrons , but all without success . |
| 6 | Most will follow Barclays and write to their customers asking for permission to post them corrupting materials . |
| 7 | I have had many letters from knitters asking for help with knotty problems . |
| 8 | Well I 'm sick of it cos you see every year we get little kids coming round to our houses asking for trick or treat |
| 9 | Two policemen were standing across the way and when the attack began John 's girlfriend rushed to the police asking for help . |
| 10 | Today many horse owners contacted the police asking for advice on how best to protect their animals . |
| 11 | In these cases the practitioner often receives a telephone call from the local police asking for information regarding one of his ( or her ) clients , followed by a request to come round and see them . |
| 12 | The guest is entitled to a measure of privacy and protection and any enquiries asking for information about guests should be handled with caution and the utmost discretion . |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't like my children asking for help , ’ said he proudly . |
| 14 | As we have said , when bereavement care is thought of , it is usually the spouse that we have in mind as needing support , and indeed they are likely to be the ones asking for care . |
| 15 | Mrs Kelsall has received over 400 letters asking for help since she began the project , and they are still arriving . |
| 16 | Every day we receive from 500 to 800 letters asking for information , and more than 20000 people visit our nuclear power stations every year . |
| 17 | In a school in Birmingham , for example , children who were recent arrivals in this country and whose English was poor were using word processors to learn how to cope with the demands of organising a holiday through a travel agent , particularly how to write letters asking for information . |
| 18 | I have had many letters asking for advice and questioning the use of bark and shavings because of coral spot fungus appearing . |