Example sentences of "asked [to-vb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lennox-Boyd had been in the post for five years and had asked to retire for family business reasons . |
| 2 | Banks and bondholders are being asked to wait for repayment of nearly £1 billion of its £1.2 billion debt . |
| 3 | For instance , at the most basic level , the higher the profit margin the supplier receives for performing a contract , the greater the liability he can reasonably be asked to accept for failure to perform as promised . |
| 4 | He was asked to stand for parliament , but declined , having no particular relish for party-politics ; he was too large-hearted a man for that . |
| 5 | She joined the Labour party in 1918 and was asked to stand for Parliament ; she refused , feeling that she could accomplish more through journalism . |
| 6 | Decisions on pits which will survive will be left to British Coal , which has also been asked to prepare for privatisation as soon as legislation can be put in place . |