Example sentences of "asked for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A year later she met someone else and asked for a divorce . |
| 2 | Bella asked for a divorce because she was going to marry Jim . |
| 3 | Some of us needed to go out to the lavatory , and all of us asked for a wash . |
| 4 | Fortunately we had an alternative target so I asked for a course . |
| 5 | Like the lady who came into the shop one day and asked for a bottle of ‘ blue ’ . |
| 6 | Without consulting her , Matthew asked for a bottle of white wine to be brought . |
| 7 | Yeah he asked for a bottle of wine . |
| 8 | Finally we asked for a change in the wording of supplementary benefit law which would abolish the term ‘ cohabitation ’ , with its sexual connotations , and substitute what seemed the more decent and objective phrase , ‘ living together as husband and wife ’ . |
| 9 | Secondly , the hon. Gentleman asked for a change of policy that would ensure that , before people were discharged from long-stay hospitals , proper provision was made for them in the community . |
| 10 | One branch asked for a dispensation . |
| 11 | Yes we had er ships wh we , they call erm these liberty ships come in from America loaded with bombs and when they moved them up there , well they call them down here they call them liberty ships and er the bombs were loaded , so they used to erm put all timber between each layer of bombs and they had proper carpenters who would fix all these and when the dockers went down , they put these bombs out , cos they were n't detonated , the detonators were in the fore end of the ship , right down the lower hull and erm the bombs were loaded into open trucks loaded into , well the dockers they thought it was dangerous , cos we had the Fire Brigade , that 's the fire service down there and standing by with the fire engines and dockers they wanted the , they want a shilling , I think it was a shilling a day extra , well a shilling extra something like that and there they got it the shilling or extra pound , cos us crane drivers we were n't on the same par as them , so we asked for a shilling . |
| 12 | Cameron III asked for a guitar for his 13th birthday . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Asked for a bowl of warm water from the kitchen , locked his chamber and slashed his wrist . ’ |
| 15 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 16 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 17 | After a series of telephone calls , letter writing and visits to France , asked for a transfer to . |
| 18 | He recently asked for a transfer though . |
| 19 | Auck Auckland and we went there and we went into this restaurant well believe it or not , I 've never seen food like that , I mean Joy asked for a leg of lamb , I did n't say leg of lamb , I had the cod pieces |
| 20 | They reported that they knew of no matter involving her in any way and asked for a description of the white identification cards . |
| 21 | and I 'd rather so I so I put a description in , asked for a description yesterday , |
| 22 | We asked for a lament in verse or a prose epitaph for Punch |
| 23 | Since then he had declared himself busy whenever I rang and asked for a taxi to take me to the Turkman Gate . ) |
| 24 | Eventually a telephone line was established and Mr Macdonald broke his silence and asked for a friend . |
| 25 | Cheeky Paula produced a sprig of mistletoe and asked for a peck on Channel 4 's Big Breakfast Show . |
| 26 | A traveller in Scotland went into a pub and asked for a pint of bitter . |
| 27 | actually it 's a bit boring down there now but they , they had to put my , my explanation of the price of petrol er down , there 's nowhere to thing , cos th the last time I was down there I asked for a pint of bitter and this guy bought it me and said and I wanted two pound thirty or something . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | I went to window three and asked for a ticket to Stockholm the next morning . |
| 30 | ‘ We have sent it back and asked for a translation . ’ |