Example sentences of "asked for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ British Gas asked for a wide-ranging review in order to clarify our regulatory environment and develop a clear way ahead for the future . |
| 2 | The public prosecutor asked for a four-year sentence , but the judge sent Meyer to jail for six years . |
| 3 | ’ On the north-east corner he asked for a castellated bell tower in which to house the bell he had brought back from Lille . |
| 4 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 5 | In 1982 the Conference of Bishops of England and Wales asked for a new Religious Education programme that would reflect this thinking . |
| 6 | She raced around the driveway on her blue tricycle , took her dolls for walks in her pram — she always asked for a new one as a birthday present — and helped to dress her smaller brother . |
| 7 | They had , it appears , expended upwards of £100 to that date and Millford asked for a new lease upon Fleming Royalties in Shaw 's and Wildhagen 's names . |
| 8 | They sensibly asked for a new kettle but were told that they could not have one because cuts meant that no new equipment or furniture of any kind was available . |
| 9 | However , the Guild also asked for a comprehensive home-help service so that women would not worry about the welfare of younger children and husbands , but this was not forthcoming . |
| 10 | The mixture of reactionary conservatism and political anti-semitism in the main represented a response of those who asked for a stable hierarchical society based on paternalistic deference . |
| 11 | Hammond , as well as carefully going through the various room assignments with Hunt , asked for a two-storey fire-proof building with attic and basement , and limited accommodation for servants and messengers . |
| 12 | But erm , if so , please get in touch before Wednesday as they 've , he rang me up last night and asked for a final figure from us which he must |
| 13 | Last year , Thomas asked for a Mental Health Review Tribunal — and told how he had staged his madman act . |
| 14 | He also asked for a similar offence to be taken into consideration . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The Queen asked for a three-month cooling off period . |
| 19 | Jackson asked for a revised contract on returning from the summer tour Down Under . |
| 20 | Amaranth , whose figure was her fortune , chose Vichyssoise : Grunte , whose fortune , such as it was , owed more to Nissan motors , asked for a smoked trout with horseradish sauce . |
| 21 | Ian Dobkin , defending , asked for a lenient sentence . |
| 22 | Before the Cabinet reached its final decision , Shawcross asked for a special meeting with the Prime Minister and Morrison in which he strongly pressed his point of view : |
| 23 | 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 . " |
| 24 | On 10th August , the day the Bill was ordered to be withdrawn , Hope asked for a Royal Commission to consider the whole affair . |
| 25 | ‘ You asked for a particular service . |
| 26 | ‘ You asked for a double room . ’ |
| 27 | Last year she asked for a big French dictionary for her birthday . ’ |
| 28 | They asked for a multi-agency conference to be convened , involving the Social Work Department , teachers , doctors and health visitors . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In Court their barrister Ian Glen asked for a judicial review . |