Example sentences of "[adv] asking for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm not asking for a lesson on highway modelling particularly at half past four in the afternoon but what 's your reaction to what Mr said about the way in which your model would perform in other words on an all or nothing basis , when it 's shorter it all goes that way ? |
| 2 | I was not asking for a debate and I want to make that quite clear . |
| 3 | I 'm not asking for a vote on it I 'm simply giving you my opinion . |
| 4 | In most professions it was suicide to admit to being a homosexual , and in some macho jobs like bricklaying it was probably asking for a brick to be dropped upon one 's head . |
| 5 | Leith could n't help feeling extremely sorry for her , especially when she discovered that Rosemary , brought up believing that marriages were forever , could not accept that her marriage was over — even though it had ended up such a disaster and Derek was now asking for a divorce . |
| 6 | Carl : ‘ No we 've deliberately shied away from doing remixes with Boys Own and so forth , because you 're really asking for a backlash for starters and also so many dance mixes sound really soft , like PWL productions . |
| 7 | Carl : ‘ No we 've deliberately shied away from doing remixes with Boys Own and so forth , because you 're really asking for a backlash for starters and also so many dance mixes sound really soft , like PWL productions . |
| 8 | He had written twice asking for a meeting , and he had received no reply . |
| 9 | A few months later , I received a letter from Surrey County AA which stated : ‘ … affiliations to BAF do not include a county affiliation , ’ and was consequently asking for a fee . |
| 10 | ‘ I had been advised to mark everything up by 20 per cent , ’ Alistair Sampson said , ‘ because the clients ’ decorators would come round afterwards asking for a cut . |