Example sentences of "he [verb] ask for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge said he had asked for the case to be re-listed because he had anxiety about the sentence he imposed . |
| 2 | It was only after he had asked for the bill that he said something that had her on guard again , although there was nothing about his lazy , ‘ Enjoy the party , did you , by the way ? ’ that should have caused her muscles — including her tongue muscles , it seemed — to instantly tighten . |
| 3 | Still half dazed by shock , lashed by rage and a deeper pain she told herself was grief for Edmund , Isabel forgot the fleeting moments when fitzAlan had shown her tenderness despite his suspicions , forgot that he had asked for the truth . |
| 4 | He had told him of the English girl on that first day when he had asked for the loan of the flat and permission for Constance to telephone from his palazzo . |
| 5 | He considered asking for the feather back but knew the request would sound foolish . |