Example sentences of "[adv] ask for more " in BNC.

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1 If I analyse the bosses I 've worked for , the ones who irritated me the most were the ones who were indecisive and who constantly asked for more information just to delay making a decision .
2 According to Letourneau , the Vietnamese looked on concessions as weakness and would only ask for more .
3 He just asked for more erm , one thing that is disturbing , what he does very causally mention is what is going on all the time
4 I 'm not asking for more than any other 22-year-old — just the same . ’
5 Just ask for more details .
6 When found , the duty officer obviously knew enough about Maxim 's sponsors not to ask for more .
7 You can not ask for more than that .
8 I did not ask for more money — I was in Bayreuth at the time . ’
9 However , four goals in the last 23 minutes quietened the boos and whistles from a crowd which arrived with great expectations and feared they would go home asking for more , much more .
10 We hope that woodworkers of all types will send in their wheezes , as readers are always asking for more tips .
11 We hope that woodworkers of all types will send in their wheezes , as readers are always asking for more tips .
12 After 12 months the relevant authorities are still asking for more copies of the plans that were submitted about nine months ago .
13 Who would possibly ask for more ?
14 ‘ Oh , I 'm sure we could let you out for that , McAllister , ’ Dr Neil had said , only for Sally-Anne to murmur modestly that since she was already well treated for time off she could not possibly ask for more .
15 Higher capacity than others : The capacity of family members to absorb punishment and come up asking for more is simply phenomenal .
16 that 's why all these people can now ask for more money .
17 ‘ I would put our chances at 50–50 — and you ca n't really ask for more than that .
18 They 're simply asking for more money to spent with no concerns about the value for money , and surely it was the Conservatives who used to tell us ten or fifteen years ago , that you could n't judge the quality of a service by the amount of money spent on it .
19 Please ask for more information about services which you think might be helpful to you .
20 Interest in the GCR never seems to wane , borne out by the fact that copies of our first volume have all been sold , and correspondence from readers invariably asks for more .
21 Spencer has his characters busy washing sheets , making beds , tidying cupboards , and Christ and his apostles appear in Cookham as though attending a summer regatta- ’ ‘ Fine , ’ he says , rising from his chair , ‘ I could n't ask for more proof of realism , of everyday life …
22 German Chancellor Helmut Kohl told them bluntly : ‘ Do n't ask for more money .
23 They ca n't ask for more than that we have reviewed and reformed our procedures . ’
24 And traditionally , I find , British parents tend to erm say on the one hand we 'll let the school get on and do their professional job — I find it quite depressing they do n't ask for more say in the organisation , but they do demand , quite rightly , the right to criticise when things go wrong .
25 It takes them to the limits of physical endurance , then asks for more .
26 The Minister will know that I and other Leicestershire Members from all parts of the House have continually asked for more officers to be allocated to Leicestershire .
27 As we have seen , individualists faced with holist explanations commonly ask for more .
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