Example sentences of "[pron] asked [noun] for a " in BNC.

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1 The following Saturday morning I asked Granpa for a couple of hours off .
2 I mean it 's it 's happened and I was ha I was so interested in the subject that I asked Mr for a copy of the report where it goes back in the history and of course it is the history of trading standards and , and so on .
3 Instead he asked parliament for a temporary grant of special powers to deal with the aftermath of the insurrection .
4 He asked Stan for a job but he would n't give him one
5 Still calm , he asked Schiphol for an emergency landing .
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