Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] for more " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked for more work — anything to keep my mind occupied . |
| 2 | I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain . |
| 3 | And when I say I asked for more polenta , you will know that we were dealing with an intake situation of Road to Damascus proportions . |
| 4 | There was nothing I longed for more than to get into my car , slam the door behind me , close out this looming world of rage and violence . |
| 5 | The Russian plan , probably inspired by the offer of £200,000 from British conservation groups to buy Brightness and his beluga comrade , Gorgeous , who is still free , prompted a furious reaction from British campaigners who fought for more than a month to have the beluga airlifted from Turkish waters to the Arctic . |
| 6 | She also heard some hot gospel music — and liked it so much she asked for more . |
| 7 | Other reports were given by secretary Robert Broderick , treasurer Michael Saltmarsh , Pilgrim 's group leader Patricia Saltmarsh and Diane Loosemoore who appealed for more helpers for the Junior Church . |
| 8 | I see and you arranged for more information to be passed on to Superintendent is that it ? |
| 9 | Here was a student who overworked for more than a year and needed rest ; who was already in an emotional condition by the recognition of the highest ideals and their obligation upon him ; and then , instead of the rest which he needed , he had to endure the utterly unexpected death , in very distressing family conditions , of the person in the world to whom he felt nearest . |
| 10 | The Royal African Company came under criticism from the West India sugar planters , who clamoured for more slaves to be supplied without explaining how they would be paid for , and also from other English merchants who thought they could do a better job of supplying slaves . |
| 11 | The SNP needs a swing of nearly 9 per cent but the polls show the Nationalists gaining ground in Scotland and Labour and the Liberals — who accounted for more than a quarter of the vote in Galloway last time — are likely to be squeezed . |
| 12 | At the outset we asked for more help from the congregation . |
| 13 | We looked for more badger clues . |
| 14 | Basically , we struck for more money , that 's all . |
| 15 | They ate up all the knives and forks and then they asked for more . |
| 16 | They called for more maple syrup and more butter . |
| 17 | They went for more , but Nicky Hammond in the Town goal made sure they did n't have too many happy returns . |
| 18 | They looked for more drugs , but they found nothing . |
| 19 | In 1989 they accounted for more than a quarter of BR 's total charter-train revenue — and the trend is ever upwards . |
| 20 | A chef in Saratoga Springs exasperated by a difficult customer complaining that his french fries were not sliced thinly enough cut the potatoes paper thin ; the irony was that the customer enjoyed the delicacy so much he asked for more and thus crisps were born . |
| 21 | in his arms and treat and Mr Bumble rushed into the room with great excitement and addressed the gentleman in the high chair said I beg your pardon sir , Oliver Twist has asked for more , there was a for more said compose yourself Bumble and do I understand that he asked for more after he 'd eaten supper he did sir replied Bumble , that boy would be hung I know that boy will be hung |
| 22 | He asked for more |
| 23 | ‘ He asked for more ? ’ |
| 24 | He begged for more laymen and more laywomen to teach in Sunday Schools . |
| 25 | It called for more powers to be transferred to the European Commission and to the European Parliament , which would have the power to veto with a majority vote legislation proposed by the Council of Ministers . |
| 26 | He called for more bobbies on the beat , an end to court delays and reform of prisons . |
| 27 | He called for more street patrols after a 38pc increase in crime was reported , saying women and the elderly were afraid to go out after dark as well as some other men . |
| 28 | If he disappeared for more than a few hours she became frantic and ran to the Zborowskis ' apartment in the Rue Joseph Bara to ask for news , and almost lived there until he was eventually found . |
| 29 | It accounted for more than half the structures at Chalton but at Bishopstone , where the extent of erosion was even greater and the excavation not total , there is less evidence of such planning although traces of fence lines attached to buildings were located . |
| 30 | It accounted for more than a third of the overall increase in recorded crime this year . |