Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] ask for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kuwait 's Oil Minister Hamud Abdullah al Raqaba disclosed that Kuwait had asked for an 800,000 bpd oil loan from the Gulf Co-Operation Council ( GCC ) , worth US$14,000,000 a day , to help meet reconstruction costs incurred by the Iraqi invasion of August 1990 [ see pp. 37631-41 ] . |
| 2 | The news that the Secretary of State for Scotland has asked for a feasibility study to investigate the need for a second Forth road bridge is unwelcome and merely confirms that the Scottish Office lacks a viable , long-term strategy for transport . |
| 3 | There are nineteen full-time care staff of whom eleven are on duty in the evenings and Mr has asked for a further eleven full-time care staff , he hopes in due course to be able to have seventeen such staff on duty at any one time . |
| 4 | Michele had asked for a promise that she would n't attempt the stairs , but she had n't given one , and if she was very careful … |
| 5 | Katharine had asked for a lesson with Jennie because ‘ Quite simply , she 's the best ’ . |
| 6 | Sylvia had asked for a recall , so it would have to wait until she returned to England . |
| 7 | Bernadette had asked for a sign saying simply ‘ quality ’ which was very appropriate for her appearance but did nothing much to advertise what she was advising on . |
| 8 | Mitchell , a qualified chartered accountant , explained that his appointment as a business manager at the DPTC came about after Nuttall had asked for a volunteer to assist in the centre 's transition to a more commercially-orientated organisation . |
| 9 | Now Malcolm has asked for a bit more of my own feelings and thoughts in these epistles . |
| 10 | At the earlier hearing Lord McCluskey had asked for a report from a sex-problems clinic after inquiring about pornographic material — 65 magazines and 45 videos — listed as exhibits in the case . |
| 11 | Ten years later a note in the Minutes of the Garden Committee states that Miller had asked for a residence to be built in the Garden , but this was refused . |
| 12 | Tests of the head do not definitely identify its age and Oxford has asked for a second sample . |
| 13 | Myers to leave Wigan WIGAN 'S 18-try Great Britain under-21 winger David Myers has asked for a move . |
| 14 | How this will happen — whether , for example , the US programme will require tough new regulations or rely on incentives — is still to be determined ; Clinton has asked for a ‘ cost-effective ’ plan by August . |
| 15 | WIDNES 'S £100,000-rated former Great Britain half-back David Hulme has asked for a transfer , despite signing a new one-year deal only three months ago . |
| 16 | Chester MP Gyles Brandreth has asked for an urgent meeting with new armed forces minister , Jeremy Hanley . |
| 17 | It was nearly a week before Ingrid dared to ask for a transfer to the officer 's mess . |