Example sentences of "[coord] ask for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Putting a case more forcefully or asking for greater involvement from others is likely to get attention for your content rather than for your new style . |
| 2 | Equally , we would seldom be likely to use the word acrobatic of acrobats themselves or their doings except , precisely , on occasions when they are exercising their special skills — the rest of the time we may speak of them , if a description is needed at all , as large , or rich , or charming , as standing on his dignity , or asking for black coffee , or younger than Aunt Mary , and so on . |
| 3 | If so , you 'll have to find a hot tap or ask for hot water ( eg in a coffee shop ) , or take a wide-mouthed Thermos of boiling water to warm bottles and jars ( bottle and food warmers are another option ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Did Master Ruthven go down to the kitchen or buttery or ask for any victuals to be sent up ? ’ asked Catesby . |
| 5 | It 's nothing , this is the way I deal with it , if I treat this job , if I go in to a shop or ask for any service I expect , you know , the same that I give , and basically speaking then I 'm pleased . |
| 6 | The classical recourse of the bourgeois in trouble or with cause for complaint was to exercise or ask for personal influence : to have a word with the mayor , the deputy , the minister , the old school or college comrade , the kinsman or business contact . |
| 7 | James went to the local police superintendent , one Smith , and asked for 100 police to be billeted on the colliery premises , as , otherwise , the safety men , who were frightened , would not come to work . |
| 8 | and somebody said it was because since the stockmarket flopped people drew out and put the money in building societies , building societies were bursting at the seams , did n't want to , and banks as well , did n't know what to do with all this money , so , somebody went in for a loan and asked for fifty thousand and come out with a hundred thousand , they could n't get it out , give it to people , a lot , a lot of people that really er were n't safe gambles |
| 9 | Pearson , of Tadcaster , admitted three arson charges and asked for eight others to be considered . |
| 10 | Youds was ordered to pay £100 per unit and £30 costs and asked for eight weeks to pay the £630 sum . |
| 11 | She admitted four charges of making a false representation to obtain benefit and asked for 18 others to be taken into consideration . |
| 12 | McCabe , of Millbrook Avenue , Brambles Farm , Middlesbrough , admitted three offences of theft and asked for six offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 13 | Then he rang some film company in London and asked for one of the most junior men in the public-relations office , and the girl could hear the phone being put down on him . |
| 14 | He admitted eight robberies between May and July and asked for two others and six attempted robberies to be taken into consideration . |
| 15 | What is certain is that on the bright and sunny morning of 4 June 1913 the forty-year-old Emily Davison called at the offices of the WSPU in London and asked for two of the union 's white , green and purple flags . |
| 16 | At the Old Bailey yesterday Everton , of Edmonton , north London , admitted three robberies and related firearms charges and asked for two attempted robberies to be considered . |
| 17 | The Queen was particularly delighted with these models and asked for two dozen to be sent to Buckingham Palace . |
| 18 | ‘ On my way down I sent a message to the sheriff 's office at the Guildhall and asked for two cursitors to make diligent inquiries amongst the taverns and stews along this side of the river . |
| 19 | Christopher Appleton , 18 , of Highmoor Road , Darlington , admitted burglary and asked for two offences to be considered . |
| 20 | Anthony Killen , 28 , of no fixed address , admitted burglary , receving stolen goods and asked for two burglaries to be taken into consideration . |
| 21 | The youth , who can not be named for legal reasons , admitted three charges of criminal damage between November 1 , 1992 and February 28 this year and asked for four similar offences to be considered . |
| 22 | He admitted going equipped for theft , another burglary and asked for four similar offences to be taken into consideration . |
| 23 | Facts : pleaded guilty to six counts of theft , burglary and obtaining by deception , and asked for 14 similar offences to be considered . |
| 24 | He got on to the internal phone and asked for petty cash , not specifying any amount . |
| 25 | So he turned into Gambrinus 's and sat himself down at a small ironwork and marble table , and asked for some water . |
| 26 | I used to go to Orkney for to go and asked for some cardboard boxes only we call them pasteboard boxes . |
| 27 | Robert Wilkinson 25 , of Thornton Street , Hartlepool admitted two charges of deception and asked for 40 more involving bouncing cheques worth £4,000 and committed all over Cleveland and Durham to be taken into consideration . |
| 28 | This time Marko believed the mysterious child ; he went to the king and asked for three hundred barrels of wine and three hundred barrels of brandy , and for oxen to drag them up the mountain and men to dam up the lake . |
| 29 | Richardson , 22 , of Clevedon , Avon , admitted 33 fraud charges and asked for 48 others to be considered by Gloucester Crown Court . |
| 30 | They were fined £1,000 with £365 costs — and asked for 28 days to pay . |