Example sentences of "ask for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition , customers asked for a deposit may now appeal against the decision by BT to charge a deposit . |
| 2 | ‘ We have sent it back and asked for a translation . ’ |
| 3 | Sunderland asked for a £50,000 facility fee for admission to their match with Middlesbrough . |
| 4 | Harmon asked for a move after losing his first-team place to Bob Jackson , an Australian in his second spell at Wilderspool , but Oldham and St Helens will be among teams disappointed to learn that Warrington do not intend to list him . |
| 5 | She said she asked for a lift for herself and a male friend as a joke . |
| 6 | A NIGHTCLUB bouncer accused of murdering Marie Wilks asked for a cloth to clean his car hours after her disappearance , then asked to keep the cloth , a court was told yesterday . |
| 7 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
| 8 | It firstly boldly asked for a seat at the top table at the European Community : a suggestion rudely rebuffed . |
| 9 | Mr Paice asked for a date with the minister to discuss his concerns about a hospital in his constituency . |
| 10 | ’ On the north-east corner he asked for a castellated bell tower in which to house the bell he had brought back from Lille . |
| 11 | The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune . |
| 12 | When Mr Adley , along with Mr Gore-Booth and others , was asked to help restore relations with Syria last year , before the outbreak of war , he and the Foreign Office asked for a specific promise that Mrs Thatcher would not intervene again — and got it . |
| 13 | On April 16th Lord Kimball asked for a clarification of the act . |
| 14 | When at last my number came , I presented myself at the window and asked for a ticket on the 10.05 to Stockholm the next morning . |
| 15 | I went to window three and asked for a ticket to Stockholm the next morning . |
| 16 | His Superintendent asked for a priest to go to the island of Molokai where a colony of lepers lived in appalling conditions . |
| 17 | To involve people in Billy Graham Crusades we asked for a specific and limited commitment , something that people understood and could accept : a prayer meeting in their home once a week , for five weeks only ; giving a monthly gift to the Crusade , for six months only . |
| 18 | Nancarrow , on his third match point , at 9–9 , played another drop which was not that tight and Marshall , closing in to drive it deep , was obstructed and asked for a let . |
| 19 | Apart from Mr Patten , four other ministers have lost their Cabinet posts : former Home Secretary Kenneth Baker , who is believed to have refused an offer to take over as Welsh Secretary ; Tom King from Defence , who asked for a break from office four months ago ; Peter Brooke from Northern Ireland ; and Lord Waddington , former leader of the Lords . |
| 20 | He first of all asked for a mandate based not on the distortions of a month 's electioneering but on his 16 months in the leadership , not least his performance on the international stage . |
| 21 | Cameron III asked for a guitar for his 13th birthday . |
| 22 | Once Endill asked for a box of nails and Wednesday returned ten minutes later with a tin of spaghetti . |
| 23 | He also asked for a rule change to allow the cleaning of golf balls on the greens — as allowed at some clubs — but apparently not at Henley . |
| 24 | He was the first to see the amusing side when golfers asked for a caddie — ‘ Your Worship ’ and mused that both his roles were ones of service . |
| 25 | The painting of the Virgin blessing Christ before the Passion by Urbino was once popular with newly-wedded couples who knelt before it and asked for a blessing on their marriage . |
| 26 | Indenbaum remembered that he was gentle , with a beatific smile , and asked for a tune on the harmonium … |
| 27 | I asked for a bowl , there was an embarrassed silence when no one moved to my aid ( thinking I felt sick ! ) — and my waters soaked the kitchen floor . |
| 28 | I wrote to a prospective customer of the OALDCE 3/e Electronic on 19 May and faxed to you his letter in which he asked for a copy of the tape suitable for running on an AT&T machine . |
| 29 | The successful schemes were unsentimental and transcended the apparent dilemma posed by the design brief which asked for a building which related to preformed and powerful sensibilities and beliefs about life and death and which is also required to be effectively energy conscious . |
| 30 | A dying man asked for a chair to be placed by his bedside , because he sensed that Jesus Christ was sitting beside him in the darkness throughout the night . |