Example sentences of "[pers pn] ask for [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 2 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 3 | ‘ It is important for the children to be medically fit to go , so I ask for a full report from their doctors , ’ says Dr Holmes-Smith . |
| 4 | If you asked for a special audit they would probably welcome it , as an indication that the bank was going to great lengths not to put them out of business . " |
| 5 | ‘ You asked for a double room . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You asked for a particular service . |
| 7 | She asked for a second helping of spinach . |
| 8 | She had repaid £35 in seven monthly instalments of £5 , when she asked for a second loan . |
| 9 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 10 | ‘ But why ca n't I join Brownies , Mummy ? ’ she asked for the twentieth time . |
| 11 | If you like heavy bedding make sure you ask for an extra quilt . |
| 12 | The station was offered to us for the sum of £20,000 , but when we asked for a private valuation in the hope of securing a loan to purchase the site , the valuer valued the site at only £10,000 . |
| 13 | We asked for an extra day , and that was fine . |
| 14 | Erm , and I feel very strongly , and I urge members to consider that we should support this as a matter of principle , to help er , that group of our society , I me , I was going to suggest an amendment that we ask for the average age of this council erm , |
| 15 | They asked for a multi-agency conference to be convened , involving the Social Work Department , teachers , doctors and health visitors . |
| 16 | During the inquiry they ask for the electronic serial number of the mobile phone which is then used for the illegal duplication of the phone unit . |
| 17 | And it asked for the Scottish Office Guidelines , and those in Lord Justice Butler-Sloss 's Cleveland Report , to be made law . |
| 18 | ’ On the north-east corner he asked for a castellated bell tower in which to house the bell he had brought back from Lille . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ He had wanted to be a doctor since he asked for a medical bag for Christmas when he was six-years-old . |
| 21 | He said it was the government 's intention to privatize 30-40 per cent of state assets and he asked for a six-month moratorium on trade union pay demands . |
| 22 | ‘ It is coming ? ’ he asked for the fifth time since they had broken away from the Baglietto . |
| 23 | As he asked for the latest report , Marshka thought about the policeman and the Englishman . |
| 24 | In letters to both John Major and Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , he asked for the full cost to be disclosed and expressed concern over the waste of public money . |
| 25 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ What exactly did he take ? ’ he asked for the fourth time . |
| 27 | Obviously unwilling , he asked for an absurd sum for doing so , but eventually Omar settled with him for a reasonable amount . |
| 28 | He asked for an Irish song of love and loss . |
| 29 | He asked for an urgent meeting with Colonel Easterhouse . |
| 30 | When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years . |