Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] ask for a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Heavy with child I come to ask for an extraction . |
| 2 | I 've asked for a |
| 3 | This case raises serious and complex moral issues and I have asked for a detailed study of the House of Lords judgement in the light of Catholic moral teaching . |
| 4 | ‘ In addition , I have asked for a timetable of progress . |
| 5 | I thank you Chair , I mean , clearly I have to ask for a little bit of license on this one , in that I have to comment on things outside of my own district , erm but you will not be surprised to hear , given my evidence earlier that the City Council 's view is quite clearly that there is sufficient land with , on the edge of York , the main urban area , which could accommodate this type of level of development and obviate the need for a new settlement in the structure plan period , I accept , however , of course that that is dependant upon the definition of the inner boundary of the greenbelt , if the City Council 's view on that is er acceptable then Inspector , I believe there will be sufficient sites to obviate the the need for a new settlement , clearly if the Inspector takes a tighter view on the greenbelt , then there will be little land opportunity within the main urban area for this . |
| 6 | What would you prefer asking for a boy or a girl ? |
| 7 | She 'd asked for a terse put-down , she reflected with some justice . |
| 8 | You may want to instruct him to say each pair twice all the way through , without you having to ask for a repeat each time . |
| 9 | You 've asked for a lot ! |
| 10 | She had asked for a test-tube baby because her fallopian tubes were irreversibly blocked . |
| 11 | Mr Elton attacked his wife after she had asked for a divorce . |
| 12 | ‘ When Jane told us she had asked for a divorce it was a complete shock . ’ |
| 13 | To her great relief , however , Fabia subsequently discovered that she had asked for a quite delicious meal of venison with bacon , mushrooms and tomatoes . |
| 14 | Compare this with a ‘ puzzle ’ structure used by the same authors with a similar age group of children who had asked for a ‘ horror mystery ’ drama . |
| 15 | In addition to developing his own tricks and illusions , Maskelyne was important as an impresario , booking guest performers to appear in his show , and many successful magicians began their careers at the Egyptian Hall : one who never performed there was Houdini , who wrote asking for an engagement in 1898 , before he became famous , and was refused . |
| 16 | We 've got a lovely telly with a twelve-inch screen and now you come asking for a book ! |
| 17 | I am delighted that you have asked for a personal illustration and further details of SaverPlus 2001 . |
| 18 | Their quotation was £12 for two pages , we had asked for a quote based on four , and although the letter promised a price and font list it was not enclosed . |
| 19 | ‘ We have asked for a full investigation . |
| 20 | It was the , the British Corpus asked us if we would be willing to record the last council meeting , because they wanted to , erm , get dialects and accents and use of words from different parts of the country , and they were so enthralled by our display , they 've asked for a further two meetings . |
| 21 | They 've asked for a stand-ball . |
| 22 | They 've asked for a third . |
| 23 | They 've asked for a third of what |
| 24 | They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough . |
| 25 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 26 | They had asked for a greater number of " peacekeeping forces " to be sent , although Sahnoun on Aug. 12 was to emphasize that the proposed deployment was not to be regarded as a peacekeeping operation , but was to protect food distribution . |
| 27 | The leader of the MPs ' delegation , Sir Rhodes Boyson , the former local government minister , said afterwards that they had asked for an extra £650m to offset the sums which some local councils will have to raise in poll tax to the pay their contribution to the nation-wide poll tax safety net . |
| 28 | He seeks more time and he has asked for a year or more . |
| 29 | Forest want an answer from Keane by the end of this week and he has asked for an extra couple of days to iron out the finer details . |
| 30 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |