Example sentences of "[pron] ask for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for £75 and was refused , so I refused . |
| 2 | When I arrived at the counter I asked for Katrina . |
| 3 | Wandering from house to house I asked for directions to the ruins of the palace . |
| 4 | On jobs , its almost certain there will be further losses during the next two years , but bear in mind that when I asked for SVS volunteers last September more than 230 people applied . |
| 5 | I asked for Hammond Innes , Frederick Forsyth , Iris Murdoch and Evelyn Waugh . |
| 6 | But this time I asked for Nurse Sally , the hyperactive Mrs Cody 's minder . |
| 7 | I mean I asked for cream when I came here . |
| 8 | S I well I asked for questions before , Mr , but erm what is your question ? |
| 9 | So I asked for guns to be issued , and that was done . ’ |
| 10 | I asked for Dr Grant . |
| 11 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
| 12 | The way I look at it is this : I asked for help , and they gave it . |
| 13 | If I asked for money from my husband he would talk of all the expenses , of how much it cost the family to keep me . |
| 14 | As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it . |
| 15 | I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police . |
| 16 | With this , well erm I was er after the first two years when I did n't get a referred lead or recommendation cos I , I had this fear in my mind that if I asked for names , they 'd actually not give them and that they would actually then cancel the policy they 'd taken out with me , I actually thought that |
| 17 | I asked for details of how well they had maintained their new figures or if , in fact , they had n't . |
| 18 | In the motorway restaurant I asked for tea and wholemeal toast , and saw the usual look of incomprehension on the face of the girl behind the counter . |
| 19 | At last I was able to speak to Judge Kerwin , and I asked for news of my family . |
| 20 | At our first lunch I asked for canneloni to fill myself up . |
| 21 | And thirdly there 's a meeting at Stansted Airport of the Committee tomorrow and I wrote and said so to the Committee and said could we discuss this with the Committee tomorrow and again I asked for information to be available to the public and particularly to local Councils so they could alter the situation . |
| 22 | I enjoyed thoroughly my half-hour with Sousa for he was the most genial of hosts , but when I asked for confirmation of the Samuel Ostrander story he only smiled broadly , shaking his head . |
| 23 | Erm told me that they had a lot of or a lot a number of people ringing purporting to be someone asking for information , and they like to keep a log of these bogus phone calls , I then rang the patients mother and and told her what had happened as quickly as I could . |
| 24 | I ask for water instead . |
| 25 | This motion condemns rise in unemployment caused by the incompetent handling of the Tory government 's economic policies and I ask for support of the T U C campaigns for the unemployed , but I would beg really that when we do campaign , the T U C gives us more than two days to notify us of rallies and meetings . |
| 26 | I ask for Richardson again . |
| 27 | This is the way I ask for referral , this is the way I service my client , this is what I do . |
| 28 | I 'm very puzzled by this now so I ask for clarification , if it 's a long franchise then , if it 's a fifteen year franchise , are you saying that the franchisee will have control over the track ? |
| 29 | Inside heavy doors , in a reception lined with heavy wood panelling , the weary employees perk up when I ask for Marisela Norte . |
| 30 | ‘ Five years ago , it was rare for someone to ask for help , ’ a debt expert said last night . |