Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] asked them for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Theyspoketo them nicely but if I asked them for anything it was as though they could n't be bothered . |
| 2 | In the nineteenth century , however , those who conducted the research did not really believe that their subjects would tell them the truth reliably if they asked them for information directly , and so they drew inferences about people 's ideas , religious beliefs , political commitments and so on from the type of literature they had on their shelf or the pictures they had on their walls . |
| 3 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 4 | Johnson did not drink her proffered dram , but Boswell and the two guides did , and when she asked them for snuff , her great luxury , they had none , but gave her money instead . |
| 5 | When we asked them for details about their visit they were very coy . |