Example sentences of "[verb] ask for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel genuinely hostile to an undergraduate ( supposedly one of the best educated people in the country ) who writes asking for sponsorship for some project and who does not know how to begin or end his letter or how to spell the name of the person to whom he is appealing . |
| 2 | Kazakh president Nursultan Nazarvayev has asked for compensation from Moscow for health damage in the region , and for an independent inquiry , with foreign experts , to study the ecological consequences . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , Viennese police have found so many rare animals in the possession of eastern Europeans that a magistrate has asked for help from CITES in identifying where they come from . |
| 4 | Erm , are now in the process of following up to see if who has made er the switch to the new regime , and I have been approached by one project leader who has two programmers who refused to change , and has asked for help . |
| 5 | They also include the rights of beneficiaries when any fiduciary owner is the registered proprietor ; the rights and interest of a buyer who has asked for registration of title in the name of a nominee ; and the right of a buyer whose contract has not been registered on the seller 's title . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've come to ask for help , ’ he said . |
| 7 | You may need to ask for advice , or even have one or two dummy runs , but given time you can get there in the end . |
| 8 | When the process described by Erikson is successful , ‘ the community in turn feels ‘ recognised ’ by the individual who cares to ask for recognition ; it can , by the same token , feel deeply — and vengefully — rejected by the individual who does not seem to care . ’ |
| 9 | WILLIAMS is seen asking for assistance from LADY JONES and LORD DARNFORD . ] |
| 10 | In vain has Adrienne written asking for news from the North-East to be included in the last two issues : for we had nothing to report beyond our puny struggles against the mighty Aerobics phenomenon . |
| 11 | This had been one of the 150 organizations that had written asking for patronage when Diana became engaged , and had been turned down . |
| 12 | She 'd asked for warmth — and here it was and she did n't like it . |
| 13 | She 'd asked for time , had n't she ? |
| 14 | Say you were too tired this morning to remember to ask for permission to get up early to meet me and then woke at the right time and did n't want to let me down . |
| 15 | THE Great North Run is nearly upon us , and I am writing to ask for help in finding a runner who is prepared to run for DIAL UK , the National Association of Information and Advice Lines . |
| 16 | Never touch someone who is angry , and do n't hesitate to ask for help . |
| 17 | Probably he was going to ask for help in obtaining a pardon for Sidacai , and Alexei thought about telling him that it was Burun 's intent that he should be freed . |
| 18 | I thought she was probably going to ask for money . |
| 19 | He would not dare ask for money ; instead it would be up to the gentleman to raise the matter and to give payment when he deemed suitable . |
| 20 | Nor did she dare ask for privacy , because to do so would look as if she had something to hide — which in fact she did . |
| 21 | But I do get quite a few people phone me as you know asking for information . |
| 22 | But because the way in which the 1988 Act was drafted appears to give them overriding powers , other teachers and the ancillary staff of any school are bound to ask for consultation about any staffing changes . |
| 23 | He began to ask for orange juice when offered drinks , hoping for a little nourishment before he passed out . |
| 24 | Always remember to ask for identification from any caller before you open the door . |
| 25 | I believe that the opposition should have insisted on having a vote on a motion in which the government could have asked for support , and we would have put down an amendment saying that we thought that sanctions should have been given longer . |
| 26 | He could have asked for time off , she reflected , and would probably have been given it , but he was just not assertive enough . |
| 27 | The entire proceedings , including questions which the data collector may have asked for clarification during the search , were recorded on a sound recorder . |
| 28 | It may be because people are not aware that these benefits exist ; they do not wish to ask for help while they can manage on what they have ; or they may be too proud to claim , thinking that it is like asking for charity . |
| 29 | Coming to ask for shelter , I thought , though why he could n't sleep in his boat … |
| 30 | The four first-year women at B subverted this by swapping lab books ; Marie said , ‘ We 're not meant to , but we do ’ — as if there were some shame attached to having to ask for help . |