Example sentences of "[noun] ask for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea of eating these things seemed absurd , and yet Pinkie asked for some . |
| 2 | What we do know is that I M R O asked for this information in June nineteen eighty-eight and not long afterwards I M R O granted recognition to B I M and other Maxwell Companies , all the more surprising perhaps having raised the questions whether the question must come about , did they continue with their investigation , or did they let the matter drop and perhaps you might to comment in that context . |
| 3 | Extra duties : And clients ask for more |
| 4 | Commitment to a performance target is not assured because a boss asked for that commitment . |
| 5 | The US Federal Trade Commission is reviewing a new staff report on the anti-trust allegations against Microsoft Corp , but a decision on the matter probably is still weeks away , lawyers familiar with the case told the Wall Street Journal : with a two-to-two vote in February , the commission did n't accept staff recommendations to seek an injunction preventing the company from using its market power to engage in allegedly unfair competitive practices ; after the tied vote , the commissioners asked for more information in an effort to resolve the deadlock ; the status report , which was delivered to commissioners last week , provides additional support for the staff 's call for action . |
| 6 | Residents in Ansdale Road , Middlesbrough , have petitioned the council asking for more street lighting to try to reduce the problems associated with vandalism . |
| 7 | The winner , Katie Bishop , 15 , cooked a special meal with an unusual carrot pudding that had the judges asking for more . |
| 8 | Russia asks for more time to phase out ozone depleters |
| 9 | Erm I know it 's a fairly difficult question , a wide question to ask for that matter , but erm how do you feel with the society , should should erm should respond you know , to in order to actually help areas such as Flats ? |
| 10 | Two social workers asked for this to be done , because they were so concerned about the policy they were supposed to be implementing . |
| 11 | Later that Wednesday , as she was teaching a class of children , two men came into the classroom asking for some paper and pencils . |
| 12 | It was when he was on his way to the billiard room to ask for these volunteers that the Collector suddenly felt faint . |
| 13 | Solicitors acting for the pupils and their families asked for all 334 children to be screened for psychological sequelae to the disaster . |
| 14 | Anna asks for some coffee . |
| 15 | These have been possible questions to ask for some time . |
| 16 | As soon as his manger is empty he carries it around in his teeth asking for more . |
| 17 | Father asked for some volunteers to help Nicky collect at the back of the Church , he has already arranged this himself . |
| 18 | Little was heard of the committee until six months later when Billy asked for another group meeting . |
| 19 | The committee clerk sent out a simple questionnaire asking for such information as : How many times was planning permission given in conflict with the policies of a Local or Structure Plan ; How many times was permission given against the advice of planning officers . |
| 20 | Then , once a week , Rivera asks for more information on your behalf . |
| 21 | I I have to say the top earners of course ask for those further away . |
| 22 | Suchlike suspicions did not deter prospective travellers from paying the high prices asked for such authentic delicacies ; maybe even encouraged brisker sales . |
| 23 | But it was unusual to have another caller ask for another highly secret , ship-to-ship rendezvous . |
| 24 | Hilary Burden asked for some expert views — and , overleaf , we ask your opinion |
| 25 | Benjamin asked for more torches and we went round the walls studying the floor . |
| 26 | The bank asked for some security for this amount and the defendant promised by letter to charge certain goods and to pay the proceeds thereof to the bank against the overdraft . |
| 27 | At the Lefevre there were only four oils , including Fishing Canoe ( Colour Plate XVII ) and Banana Plantation ( Colour Plate XVI ) , both priced at forty guineas , twice the sum asked for most of the thirty-eight watercolours . |
| 28 | One three-month-old baby managed to talk its parents into sending Santa a letter asking for some clothes and a few bits for the cot . |
| 29 | In their notice of appeal the plaintiffs ask for that order to be set aside and , in its place , for an order declaring that they are entitled to object to items in the accounts , whether litigation costs or non-litigation costs , on the ground that the items are unreasonable in amount , and for an order declaring that the first defendant is not entitled to have its litigation costs taxed on an indemnity basis if and to the extent that the court has deprived the first defendant , as mortgagee , of any costs nor in respect of litigation costs already the subject of an order for taxation on some other basis . |
| 30 | The other one erm is within the university itself because we do have a support organisation here for teaching within the university , and it is possible for groups of teachers in any part of the university to ask for some help and support in looking at one of the courses they 're involved in teaching . |