Example sentences of "[modal v] ask for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the case of each of the plaintiffs , the application form indicates that the borrower must ask for one of the three valuations referred to . |
| 2 | Their thing was that they must ask for more than what they really hoped to get . |
| 3 | If the seller 's position is reasonably strong he should ask for specific details and firm commitments . |
| 4 | The gathering ended when one of the section shaikhs said he had business to attend to that evening , they should ask for 6000 dinars , and please would Muhammad al-Sharifi close the proceedings . |
| 5 | Haverford felt he should ask for more particulars . |
| 6 | After a long discussion , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening , and Oliver was chosen . |
| 7 | Time , right , I am moving the amendment the reference back and I 'm handing those papers to the Chief Executive and I 'm gon na ask the Chief Executive to get someone independent to do this because you ca n't get away from the numbers that the numbers I 've get someone independent I 'll ask for that . |
| 8 | I 'll ask for , I 'll ask for ten pence |
| 9 | Also if we do this self employment , I 'll ask for more admin time . |
| 10 | 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 . . |
| 11 | ‘ They might ask for some identification : in this country , the man who carries cash is guilty until proven innocent . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | And few could ask for more than that . |
| 14 | ‘ The air — ’ he paused , ‘ it is after all the nectar of the district , the essence of the mountains — to eat simple food in such air with such wonders of nature to look on — who could ask for more ? ’ |
| 15 | No one could ask for more from these players . |
| 16 | Who could ask for more ? ’ |
| 17 | You should enquire what the rules are and additionally , to give you a better idea of what size pension you might realistically expect , you could ask for some practical examples — say , over the last five years — of retired individuals in a similar earnings bracket to your own . |
| 18 | Remember they used to used they used to get these , the farmers used to ask for these boxes because they made er hen 's nests , you know that type you know where they Oh they were good boxes . |
| 19 | ‘ I shall ask for two days holiday myself , then , ’ Ruth said . |
| 20 | Mr Hamilton said : ‘ I am deeply concerned at what you have told me and I shall ask for immediate steps to be taken for normal decencies to be observed . ’ |
| 21 | Each day individuals would ask for private sacrifices to be offered to God in thanksgiving or forgiveness for sins . |
| 22 | Surely it is a ludicrous notion to suppose that two scientists on their own in a remote basement lab could claim to solve the world 's energy problems so that the scientific community would take up this claim , that world leaders would ask for regular briefings and that there could be nothing in it at the end . |
| 23 | Perhaps I would ask for one of those LED alarm radios , though I 'm very fond of my old brass alarm clock . |
| 24 | Mr Ashdown dismissed suggestions that he would ask for four Cabinet posts for his party in a coalition government . |
| 25 | Rumours that Britain would ask for anti-apartheid sanctions to be relaxed were quashed , although the Prime Minister offered some encouragement by calling the release ‘ a major step in the right direction ’ . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |