Example sentences of "[noun sg] ask for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jennie instructed Katharine to come across the diagonal and on each third canter stride to ask for a flying change , which would result , ( hopefully ! ) in a change of leg every fourth stride . |
| 2 | The Queen asked for a three-month cooling off period . |
| 3 | There is some evidence that it was Snowden who suggested the formula of the ‘ doctor 's mandate ’ , at a Cabinet meeting on 5 October , under which the component parts of the National Government were each to issue their own manifestos , with a separate personal appeal from the Prime Minister , According to Neville Chamberlain , ‘ Snowden … produced the suggestion that the Prime Minister should issue his own manifesto asking for a free hand [ i.e. on tariffs ] and the two Party leaders should each issue their own programmes and to our astonishment this was at once accepted by the Liberals , ' Amery , who perhaps got the information from Chamberlain , wrote in his diary on 6 October , ‘ Apparently when the deadlock seemed most complete Snowden suggested that the PM should issue his own manifesto , each of the other party leaders issuing theirs . ' |
| 4 | An Irish company approached the plaintiff asking for a new version of the program suitable for the Irish market . |
| 5 | Your skin asks for a gentle moisturiser that works in harmony with its own natural properties . |
| 6 | ‘ British Gas asked for a wide-ranging review in order to clarify our regulatory environment and develop a clear way ahead for the future . |
| 7 | The public prosecutor asked for a four-year sentence , but the judge sent Meyer to jail for six years . |
| 8 | But the Tees and Hartlepool Port Authority has introduced a private member 's bill asking for a ten-year extension of its powers to reclaim Seal Sands . |
| 9 | As a lock , if your prop asks for a special effort at a scrummage you just hollow your back , get your feet right and give it all you 've got . |
| 10 | After receiving my version of the working drawing , Mr. phoned to say that the drawing did not have sufficient detail , and that another Mr. from the Glasgow office would be in touch to ask for a clarified drawing . |
| 11 | After some 10 days we received our order back from Bailey Distribution Ltd with a memo asking for a new cheque made out to them , since they could not transfer the original cheque due because it was crossed . |
| 12 | When Mr Adley , along with Mr Gore-Booth and others , was asked to help restore relations with Syria last year , before the outbreak of war , he and the Foreign Office asked for a specific promise that Mrs Thatcher would not intervene again — and got it . |