Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] to ask for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To send a letter in due course to ask for support from Council of Churches in the UK and Ireland . |
| 2 | Finding herself in severe financial straits she went along to the appropriate authority to ask for money to buy food for her children . |
| 3 | The next day I went to see the military commander to ask for permission to stay on to look after stray people and perhaps give pastoral care to the officials and troops left in the city . |
| 4 | ‘ Was I a naughty girl to ask for champagne ? ’ she enquired , certain in the knowledge that children 's misdemeanours are not usually regarded seriously . |
| 5 | I realise that this is a bad time to ask for help in any professional and academic matter , but in the light of cutbacks and recommendations from reports like the Swann Report it is important that we are clear about the provision of language education for future teachers . |