Example sentences of "[vb base] ask for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If you like your job but ca n't get on with the people with whom you have to work , consider asking for a transfer to another department .
2 You 're always gon na have objections , I think you 've seen so far , throughout the whole sales process , some are more awkward than others but you got by them but the majority will come when you ask for the business , or go to ask for the business .
3 Customers vary in age , he added , although the younger ones tend to ask for a pea butty a scoop of mushy peas in a bun .
4 We 've got a lovely telly with a twelve-inch screen and now you come asking for a book !
5 You 've asked for a lot !
6 They 've asked for a stand-ball .
7 They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough .
8 Heavy with child I come to ask for an extraction .
9 ‘ In addition , I have asked for a timetable of progress .
10 ‘ The Finns have asked for an armistice , and the war there is over . ’
11 According to Ravik Smirnov , Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Soviet Cultural Commission , the Georgians have already requested the return of knives and weapons from the Kremlin Armoury ; Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan have asked for the return of carpets , the Armenians lay claim to the seascape painter Ayvazovskiy , while the Ukrainians want the Cossack Blades .
12 The key to using this technique is to keep silent after you have asked for the order .
13 Er , Council are also agreeing to the road and a District Council are in agreement with the road , albeit that they have asked for the road to follow more closely to the erm but I believe it is acceptable that the road and the line of the road in general principle is .
14 A parallel debate is evolving in Maine where officials have asked for the removal of a dam , built in 1936 , in order to preserve salmon runs .
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