Example sentences of "[conj] ask for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had accosted her in a public place , and yet she had n't screamed , or run , or asked for help . |
| 2 | Decide whether you will give up your old payoffs , such as blaming other people , feeling sorry for yourself , or asking for love by creating problems . |
| 3 | When I got home I found , among the mountain of letters ( mainly telling me I had filled in a blue form when it should have been a yellow one or asking for information I had already given ) , one from the BBC asking me to get in touch with the Punters office in Bristol as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Prompts : nodding , saying ‘ yes ’ or ‘ mmm ’ , or asking for clarification ‘ What happened next ? ’ will all encourage the speaker to continue . |
| 5 | The depression of last week had lifted like a fever passing when the patient sleeps or asks for food . |
| 6 | They had n't they had no er inherent right to make resolutions or ask for increase in wages that was all done at conference by their their representatives . |
| 7 | There is a lot to be learnt from standing back and observing the way a child plays with shape and form , but it may be that the child will want to talk about it afterwards , or ask for help to find particular shape materials as he works . |
| 8 | One of them was the fact that housing associations ask for the keys is or ask for notification up to a month in advance of the fact that someone 's going to leave and that is not something which in terms of our stock , we find practical to do . |
| 9 | Whenever you ask a question of clarification or ask for information nine times out of ten clarification or information is forthcoming . |
| 10 | There is always a warm welcome from two smiling faces , Julia and Denise are pleased to see you whether you want to buy , browse or ask for advice . |
| 11 | It held passion and fire , it was a kiss of domination that asked for surrender yet promised surrender in return . |
| 12 | Encourage comment , speculation and prediction rather than asking for reproduction of what they have heard . |
| 13 | And rather than asking for commission from suppliers he often buys the weapons himself and sells them at a profit . |
| 14 | I suppose the heat had made me edgy : though I knew that to ask for money as a loan was the only way she could keep her dignity , I held an angry conversation with her in my mind . |
| 15 | The driver is that , even though I am suffering , it adds merit to what I do — i.e. I will stand rather than sit , I will struggle through alone rather than ask for help . |
| 16 | He told them how morally indefensible was the policy of apartheid , and asked for prayer for Africa . |
| 17 | Some time after this Mrs Meehan wrote to me that her husband was innocent , and asked for assistance in having his case reviewed . |
| 18 | The government has declared a state of emergency and asked for assistance from the US . |
| 19 | But I had informed the police and asked for help even before the doorbell rang . |
| 20 | A mother may set out some crayons and paper or plasticine while she gets on with the ironing but she should expect to be interrupted and asked for help . |
| 21 | Last year , in response to a request from South Africa 's Bishop of Kimberley , three Carmelite nuns in Germany , knowing Darlington 's links with South Africa , contacted the convent and asked for help . |
| 22 | Another letter from the middle school was about a visiting theatre group and asked for money as well as a tear-off slip . |
| 23 | The 14-year-old boy was walking the alsatian along a path between Park Avenue and Penparcau , Aberystwyth , Powys , when the attacker , who was aged about 20 , approached him and asked for money . |
| 24 | A slattern brought a small table for Athelstan to rest his writing tray on , and of course a jug of wine and two goblets , though Athelstan shook his head and asked for water . |
| 25 | But the following day she telephoned a local newspaper , the Sowetan , saying she feared for her life , and asked for protection . |
| 26 | But without doubt the most contentious defector to reach the West was Anatoli Golitsin , who arrived at the office of the CIA 's station chief in Helsinki in Finland in December 1911 and asked for asylum for himself , his wife and daughter . |
| 27 | He was refused entry to Kuwait and asked for asylum in France.President Giscard d'Estaing asked the Shah his views and the Shah made one of the worst mistakes in his reign by agreeing the Khomeini should go to France , He assumed that the obstreperous priest would be les of a threat to him in distant , Christian France than in neighbouring , radical , Islamic country . |
| 28 | In Peking he contacted missionaries and asked for baptism . |
| 29 | If we had wanted that we would have used medical questionnaires to evaluate physical and mental health , listed the facilities and defects in each house , and asked for income and expenditure budgets . |
| 30 | Just to say that erm we 're very keen to see that the Mid Sussex Council has come to the county and asked for guidance and I 'm very pleased also with the response that is er proposed back to them . |