Example sentences of "and [adv] ask for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have some complaint , Alida decided , to stay in this house two and a half , three hours , and not ask for the bathroom , it is unnatural . |
| 2 | Go up at the fence and just ask for |
| 3 | We are not going to have any shooting trouble with them but they are tough bargainers and always ask for the whole earth , expecting maybe to get an acre . " |
| 4 | Before the patients go back to the ward , they will pat their faces back into place and often ask for reassurance that no-one will be told . |
| 5 | In America , brokers acting as price stabilisers arrange what is known as a ‘ green shoe ’ — an agreement which allows them to go back , cap in hand , to the issuing company and simply ask for more new shares to cover their position . |
| 6 | Throughout the dispute my technique was to go through the front door — I refused to be smuggled in — and then ask for a deputation of the demonstrators to come and talk to me . |
| 7 | How dare you make these offensive statements and then ask for money to support you . |
| 8 | 5.6.2 SUMMARISE AND THEN ASK FOR THE ORDER |
| 9 | Items such as sweets and toys are often displayed at a low level — so that children will see them and either ask for them or buy them . |
| 10 | We do not wish to pre- judge this review and therefore ask for the composite to be referred . |