Example sentences of "[pron] asked for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 2 | The mixture of reactionary conservatism and political anti-semitism in the main represented a response of those who asked for a stable hierarchical society based on paternalistic deference . |
| 3 | If you asked for a special audit they would probably welcome it , as an indication that the bank was going to great lengths not to put them out of business . " |
| 4 | ‘ You asked for a double room . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You asked for a particular service . |
| 6 | Last year she asked for a big French dictionary for her birthday . ’ |
| 7 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 8 | To involve people in Billy Graham Crusades we asked for a specific and limited commitment , something that people understood and could accept : a prayer meeting in their home once a week , for five weeks only ; giving a monthly gift to the Crusade , for six months only . |
| 9 | The station was offered to us for the sum of £20,000 , but when we asked for a private valuation in the hope of securing a loan to purchase the site , the valuer valued the site at only £10,000 . |
| 10 | We asked for an extra day , and that was fine . |
| 11 | And we asked for an extra ten days . |
| 12 | They asked for a multi-agency conference to be convened , involving the Social Work Department , teachers , doctors and health visitors . |
| 13 | ’ On the north-east corner he asked for a castellated bell tower in which to house the bell he had brought back from Lille . |
| 14 | He asked for a little restorative brandy , then saw a baker 's tray of delicious cakes being carried into the inn 's side-door . |
| 15 | ‘ He had wanted to be a doctor since he asked for a medical bag for Christmas when he was six-years-old . |
| 16 | He said it was the government 's intention to privatize 30-40 per cent of state assets and he asked for a six-month moratorium on trade union pay demands . |
| 17 | Obviously unwilling , he asked for an absurd sum for doing so , but eventually Omar settled with him for a reasonable amount . |
| 18 | He asked for an Irish song of love and loss . |
| 19 | He asked for an urgent meeting with Colonel Easterhouse . |
| 20 | When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years . |