Example sentences of "asking [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | One day in April , Horsley , Walsh and Everett spent the morning in Manchester meeting the Co-op insurance company and asking them for a £750,000 investment , before rushing straight round to the Council Economic Development Committee to pitch for another £500,000 . |
| 2 | Then , of course , they 'd make me a mother figure getting up asking me for a glass of water in the middle of the night . |
| 3 | He sounded depressed by the thought , but then cheered himself up by asking me for a beer . |
| 4 | I know I 'm not a wallflower — other boys keep asking me for a date — but Harry just does n't seem to notice me . |
| 5 | ‘ You 're asking me for a snap judgement , Miss Levington ? ’ |
| 6 | Sometimes you feel a bit stupid asking someone for a hand . |
| 7 | Mr R. Melbourne of Loughborough wins our first £25 award by asking you for a list of those clubs who have won the old First Division title and also played in the Fourth Division . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm not asking you for a penny . ’ |
| 9 | It 's asking you for a type . |
| 10 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 11 | Otherwise one might not have minded asking him for a loan . |
| 12 | Geoffrey says he 's considering writing another letter to the Prime Minister asking him for a proper reply to his questions . |
| 13 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
| 14 | Confuse a waitress by asking her for a Big Mac and chips ? |
| 15 | The bill , th the , it 's three thousand pound , and they 're asking us for a thousand . |