Example sentences of "[is] asking [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Faldo is asking for less hype and a return to the days when the biennial encounter was a friendly , usually won by the Americans . |
| 2 | If it is true he is on £4,000-a-week and is asking for more , Brian Clough is right — as usual — to say ‘ no ’ . |
| 3 | The hospital is asking for more money to clear the backlog . |
| 4 | And now she 's seen Prince Harry safely off to boarding school , she 's asking for more . |
| 5 | She makes a sort of crackling noise which I 've never been able to explain : it may be contentment — or perhaps she 's asking for more . |
| 6 | We wanted to compress that to Ms Green 's asking for more staff in her department and finance these measures . |