Example sentences of "[vb infin] ask for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , what Councillor Newton 's just said , I would just like to ask for a clarification there , if I may . |
| 2 | Erm anybody who 's who 's interested erm if you 'd like to ask for a leaflet aft at the end of the session because the main thing is that you do have to take advantage of this while you are still employed in reckonable service . |
| 3 | What would you prefer asking for a boy or a girl ? |
| 4 | In other words ‘ if he thought he was nt part of the future plans Id have told him so and he would have asked for a transfer … has he ? ? |
| 5 | He could not have asked for a clearer-case of his anti-Christian enemy ‘ trampling on the moral law ’ than in Hungary . |
| 6 | If I could have asked for a gift , I suppose it would have been the ability to make a living as a musician . |
| 7 | She could have asked for the moon , and seen the clansmen climb on each other 's shoulders to reach it down for her . |
| 8 | My Mother was n't insured and the funeral director 's bill of £150 was a shock ( he might as well have asked for the moon ) . |
| 9 | ‘ I am the mother of a spastic child but had I been told before his birth that my son would be handicapped I would have asked for an abortion . |
| 10 | Of course in high season we do have to ask for a bit extra if there 's going to be empty space in your place , but for all departures before May 31st and after October 1st there are NO UNDER-OCCUPANCY SUPPLEMENTS in selected accommodation . |
| 11 | You must learn to ask for a deposit when you take an order and never , never let a garment go without the balance in your hand . |
| 12 | An employee who would never venture to ask for a raise in salary for herself suddenly besieged the manageress with demands that one of her fellow workers should have her rights . |