Example sentences of "ask for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says he did , but that was boastful invention : Bouilhet asked for salacities from Cairo , and Flaubert provided them . |
| 2 | When the Buddha lay dying , his devoted attendant Ananda asked for instructions about the Sangha , the Order of Monks . |
| 3 | In a rather embarrassed way he told Seddon that I was in his office , and asked for instructions . |
| 4 | It effectively halted all plans to transport aid from the port , although the EPLF 's aid arm , the Eritrean Relief Association , asked for shipments to be resumed under its control . |
| 5 | S I well I asked for questions before , Mr , but erm what is your question ? |
| 6 | On that night he watched himself in the mirror all night , and for the very first time he was the one who asked for things and who made things happen in the order that he wanted them to . |
| 7 | I explained that I was driving and asked for directions . |
| 8 | A FRENCH driver took it literally when he asked for directions and was told to ‘ go straight over the roundabout ’ . |
| 9 | At the station he asked for directions to the industrial estate , and walked it in a quarter of an hour . |
| 10 | The summons on which he made the order was merely a summons which asked for directions and the form in which his order was couched was that of an order nisi which , subject to the time limits laid down in the order , gave an unqualified liberty to apply . |
| 11 | Wandering from house to house I asked for directions to the ruins of the palace . |
| 12 | The twenty-nine year old victim was standing at a bus stop on Haddington Road when a car pulled up and the driver asked for directions . |
| 13 | As Gerry and his fellow villagers talked of the better days to come , a carload of American tourists pulled up in the street beside him and asked for directions to ‘ Dannygal ’ . |
| 14 | They asked for directions to Walton Hall police station . |
| 15 | In 1985 Cox 's paper was timely and asked for shifts in American Irish and British labour politics in a wholly correct way . |
| 16 | The railway was close to the turnpike road down the Onny valley in several places and the Turnpike Trustees asked for screens to be provided in 3 locations . |
| 17 | He also dealt with the many petitioners who asked for favours or for help . |
| 18 | * He also asked for swabs for drying balls and replacement brushes be made at certain tees and that a brushwood boot scraper be provided ‘ as the present iron one was ‘ impossible ’ ’ . |
| 19 | Still the customers called for Mickey Mouse ( with the blessed exception of mischievous tinker children who asked for horses and donkeys ) . |
| 20 | He fed mints to dray horses , said hello to a caged European eagle owl called Gonzo and let two barn owls fly on and off his arm as a smiling crowd clapped and asked for autographs . |
| 21 | They checked into the St Regis Hotel and when some people discovered who he was , they called at his hotel room and asked for autographs . |
| 22 | When I arrived at the Palace gates with my invitation card I was somewhat taken aback when two or three in the crowd around the railings recognized me and asked for autographs — in that place of all places ! |
| 23 | Most letters asked for autographs or photographs , some complained of or praised a person interviewed or view expressed , and there was always a sprinkling of old dears short of correspondents who rambled on about the old days . |
| 24 | He adds sadly : ‘ It 's impossible for me to go on a quiet date as I get recognised everywhere and asked for autographs . ’ |
| 25 | The vice-chancellors asked for papers to inform their debate on fees at Leeds . |
| 26 | In one class a research team member asked for estimates of his height ( 5′ 7½″ ) ; the estimates ranged from 4′ 3″ to 6′ 5″ . |
| 27 | So I asked for guns to be issued , and that was done . ’ |
| 28 | It asked for powers to use animal or electric traction and trams or motor buses . |
| 29 | Ken erm y you 've asked some questions , I 've actually seen the I M R O letter and can I say that there are two questions in the I M R O letter to Mr Maxwell and Bishopsgate , which quite categorically asked for accounts and also details of the ownership structure coming out of Liechtenstein . |
| 30 | These were published in April 1985 as the Invitation to Promoters which asked for submissions by October of the same year . |