Example sentences of "ask for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dot did n't mind about the toys and she knew she could n't ask for ginger pop because that cost money but she would have liked to have had her victory token back . |
| 2 | ‘ We did ask for extra help for first-time buyers through the tax relief system and we are disappointed that this has not been given . |
| 3 | The classical recourse of the bourgeois in trouble or with cause for complaint was to exercise or ask for personal influence : to have a word with the mayor , the deputy , the minister , the old school or college comrade , the kinsman or business contact . |
| 4 | Mr Ashdown dismissed suggestions that he would ask for four Cabinet posts for his party in a coalition government . |
| 5 | If I find I 'm at a dead end , then I can ask for outside help . |
| 6 | This means that wherever they live in the county , adults with special educational needs can ask for individual assessment , counselling and programme planning . |
| 7 | Why ca n't you ask for two cheque books at once ? |
| 8 | So what d' you reckon I should reasonably ask for that thing then ? |
| 9 | It will perhaps ask for further information ’ said Dovaston . |
| 10 | They did n't ask for any money , they just wanted a good royalty and help with promotion . |
| 11 | Do n't you ever ask for any proof of identification ? |
| 12 | ‘ If you win , ’ Biddy said , ‘ I wo n't ask for any payment . ’ |
| 13 | The Court has held in a recent case that the Commission can not ask leading questions which would require the undertaking concerned to admit an infringement of the competition rules , but that otherwise there is no right to silence : the Commission can ask for any information it requires to determine the extent of the infringement . |
| 14 | ‘ It was done from my section and I am afraid I did not ask for sufficient permission . |
| 15 | Mesic , who reiterated on Sept. 12 his intention to resign after the expiry on Oct. 7 of the EC moratorium , accused the army of staging what amounted to a military coup by ignoring his orders , saying that he would ask for foreign intervention and bring charges against army commanders unless the JNA halted its attacks on Croatian towns and withdrew . |
| 16 | I just wonder whether the Chairman might ask for another verdict and then if that 's tied it will have to go up before Council . . |
| 17 | Talking to other mothers I learn that , like me , they too were disgusted and we all agreed that next time we would ask for another consultant . |
| 18 | Although Laura would phone Jacqui every day she would usually ask for another dress ‘ along the same lines ’ . |
| 19 | He sent a transcript of the testimony to Colombo , where it was perused by a secretariat official who might ask for more evidence before accepting or changing the local recommendation . |
| 20 | Also if we do this self employment , I 'll ask for more admin time . |
| 21 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl told them bluntly : ‘ Do n't ask for more money . |
| 22 | I did not ask for more money — I was in Bayreuth at the time . ’ |
| 23 | that 's why all these people can now ask for more money . |
| 24 | Spencer has his characters busy washing sheets , making beds , tidying cupboards , and Christ and his apostles appear in Cookham as though attending a summer regatta- ’ ‘ Fine , ’ he says , rising from his chair , ‘ I could n't ask for more proof of realism , of everyday life … |
| 25 | After a long discussion , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening , and Oliver was chosen . |
| 26 | ‘ They might ask for some identification : in this country , the man who carries cash is guilty until proven innocent . |
| 27 | I would ask for some Kleenex , some razor blades and I would get to that word and I could n't do it . ’ |
| 28 | His head was growing heavy , he would ask for some coffee when the waiter returned ; it was dark indoors , darker than he would have expected on a showery early summer afternoon , when the sun outside does not dazzle . |
| 29 | The Social Democrats have already started to deny that they would ask for this help — a denial spurred perhaps by some mistrust of the Greens by their own mainstream supporters . |
| 30 | If the so-called specialist does not ask for this information then retreat rapidly and find someone else who does . |