Example sentences of "ask [prep] some " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hilary Burden asked for some expert views — and , overleaf , we ask your opinion |
| 2 | Eventually he was taken into the West Sussex hospital and when Mr Smith visited him , he asked for some chlorodyne . |
| 3 | At my urging , he asked for some more photographs as I was keen on the idea of this spotlessly clean , ruthlessly attractive family in their Nordic pine kitchen . |
| 4 | When the pope asked for some sign by which he could tell ‘ which requests are important to us and are dear to our heart , and which are not ’ , Edward indicated early in the new year that he would mark such requests with the words Pater Sancte , written in his own hand , but he promised that these requests would be employed with restraint — ‘ only as we can and ought ’ . |
| 5 | So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water . |
| 6 | The idea of eating these things seemed absurd , and yet Pinkie asked for some . |
| 7 | The bank asked for some security for this amount and the defendant promised by letter to charge certain goods and to pay the proceeds thereof to the bank against the overdraft . |
| 8 | I asked for some children to work with me . |
| 9 | She asked for some answers to specific points . |
| 10 | Father asked for some volunteers to help Nicky collect at the back of the Church , he has already arranged this himself . |
| 11 | I used to go to Orkney for to go and asked for some cardboard boxes only we call them pasteboard boxes . |
| 12 | Only querulous pupils and awkward governors at interviews asked for some justification for studying it . |
| 13 | I asked for some once . |
| 14 | I 'd laugh if somebody asked for some , what are them lemon bonbons . |
| 15 | ‘ You have the money ? ’ he asked after some time . |
| 16 | Jessamy asked with some interest , moving closer . |
| 17 | ‘ It would certainly seem so in this instance , would n't it ? ’ she asked with some of his own bitterness , and then she was quite unable to tear her eyes away from his . |
| 18 | I asked in some surprise . |
| 19 | ‘ Going to Slane is funny ? ’ she asked in some bewilderment . |
| 20 | ‘ You believe me ? ’ she asked in some astonishment . |
| 21 | ‘ Travis , do you want us to leave ? ’ his mother asked in some concern . |
| 22 | Fabia asked in some startlement when , after some seconds of sifting through that last ‘ No ’ , that was all she could come up with . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Such cheating may take the form of coaching or practice , but it may also take the subtle form of the chemistry teacher who asked the GCE student , ‘ are you sure that is what you want ? ’ when she was asking for some particular potion to complete an experiment in a practical examination , or the American teacher on the same 1987 visit who pointed to a particular answer in a workbook and asked the student to ‘ check that out ’ . |
| 25 | Later that Wednesday , as she was teaching a class of children , two men came into the classroom asking for some paper and pencils . |
| 26 | We 're asking for er communication back with the ship and we 're asking for some straightforward answers from them . |
| 27 | This rather convoluted question fits a particular pattern which it is useful to familiarise yourself with : ( a ) a quote captures a general perception ; then ( b ) you are asked about some other writer ( or invited to select a writer ) where it is plausible to think the quote may be relevant ; then ( c ) you are asked to discuss this second writer in the light of the quote . |
| 28 | Anna asks for some coffee . |
| 29 | The Editor had asked for some more films to add to my list to show to your fish . |
| 30 | On 26 May Mozart appeared at court before the King of Prussia , a keen amateur cellist , who may have asked for some quartets . |