Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [be] asking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm I I know with certainty that the thirty five hectare that we 're ask hectares that we 're asking for can be achieved , because we know the sites that er that where development will take place . |
| 2 | But all I 'm asking for is an all-glass tank four feet long , and around 18″ × 18″ so that I can watch my shoals patrolling its full length . |
| 3 | I 've spent a fortune in this place and all I 'm asking for is a reduction in the service charge . ’ |
| 4 | One line , that 's all I 'm asking for . |
| 5 | It 's just an opportunity to meet and that 's all I 'm asking for . |
| 6 | All she is asking for , she says , is to live the same kind of life as everyone else . |
| 7 | As has just been suggested , and I also mentioned in my speech , yes please , read the rule , it does n't say at every stage and that is all we 're asking for , that at every stage in the procedure a member knows why he or she has n't won the appeal . |
| 8 | All we 're asking for , as I think perhaps the council will knock it down anyway in all the letters they 've written you do n't . |
| 9 | We need some help and all we 're asking for is a grant for help |
| 10 | All we 're asking for is a sense of balance , all we 're asking for is for the facts put in there , so at least if the symptoms are made aware , then at least people are aware to do something about it . |
| 11 | All we 're asking for is a sense of balance , all we 're asking for is for the facts put in there , so at least if the symptoms are made aware , then at least people are aware to do something about it . |
| 12 | That 's all we 're asking for |
| 13 | but that 's all we 're asking for |
| 14 | ‘ If the next Labour government embraces the social charter rejected at Maastricht , that would cover all we are asking for . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We believe that a bypass is what 's needed and all we are asking for is a feasibility study to be carried out , ’ Mr Melia said . |
| 16 | ‘ All we are asking for , ’ he said , ‘ is for the council to look at it and vote on it . ’ |
| 17 | Those who are asking for that — many voices , including important voices , in Northern Ireland are asking for it — would create a situation for everybody in Northern Ireland that would be far worse than it is now and , God knows , it is bad enough at present . |
| 18 | After his triumph , Benn said : ‘ I do n't want to fight Eubank because I do n't like him but I 'll take it for the million he was asking for . ’ |