Example sentences of "and asked for " in BNC.

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1 In 1985 Cox 's paper was timely and asked for shifts in American Irish and British labour politics in a wholly correct way .
2 Leonard could be depressive along with many other poets ( the psycho-endocrinological critique of poetry has yet to be written ! ) ; he could also be uplifting and assertive ; he could , indeed , write ‘ about something ’ to use Faulkner 's phrase from The Bear , and did so to the advantage of large numbers of people who gladly read , and asked for more .
3 It was Don who made the effort ; he bought the local paper and looked at ads for houses ; he phoned estate agents and asked for lists of properties .
4 Bright too had misgivings in this area , particularly about size of the single conductor , and asked for it to be enlarged .
5 ‘ We have sent it back and asked for a translation . ’
6 He admitted eight robberies between May and July and asked for two others and six attempted robberies to be taken into consideration .
7 I accepted that but , having in mind Sweden 's small population and great resources of iron and timber , thought it an untypical sort of country , and asked for another .
8 There was one occasion when he went into a café and asked for tea and then while he waited he suddenly saw a solution to a theological argument which he had with Leslie Owen the warden , and his waving of hands was so convulsive that the café refused to serve him with the tea .
9 He told them how morally indefensible was the policy of apartheid , and asked for prayer for Africa .
10 And she loved his body , the astringent unsweaty cleverness of it , that gave with delight and asked for so little back .
11 She had been lucky so far ; she had not yet been caught , not yet been dragged off to some shrink and asked for explanations .
12 The RAC removed 89 parts from the stack and asked for replacements from the spares stock .
13 Before she could add , as she was evidently about to , that she never bought anything at the door , he announced himself hurriedly and asked for her husband .
14 In Peking he contacted missionaries and asked for baptism .
15 IT WAS a full year before he made the break — but eventually , on August 21 , 1984 , he went over to one of the more independent local magazines , Cauce , and asked for its leading journalist Monica Gonzalez .
16 Mr Endara was told of the planned attack , and asked for his support , which he apparently granted , saying that he was ready to become the new leader if the US could topple the Noriega regime .
17 When at last my number came , I presented myself at the window and asked for a ticket on the 10.05 to Stockholm the next morning .
18 I went to window three and asked for a ticket to Stockholm the next morning .
19 He went to an Indian fortune-teller and asked for advice .
20 Nigel gave up all belief in things occult after that and asked for his money back .
21 In the street they stopped us and asked for our papers .
22 But if so , why had they not walked in and asked for it ?
23 What is certain is that on the bright and sunny morning of 4 June 1913 the forty-year-old Emily Davison called at the offices of the WSPU in London and asked for two of the union 's white , green and purple flags .
24 When he received a Mickey Mouse , he swelled triumphantly , and asked for another .
25 Arran convened his kin and friends , and all the other nobles who would support him , and asked for their backing against the cardinal .
26 I explained that I was driving and asked for directions .
27 The Earl of Warwick , one of the judges , protested and asked for time to produce charters and other evidence so that ‘ we might still enjoy with quietness the possessions of our ancestors which had bin oute of the Forrest for three hundred and thirty yeares ’ .
28 He fed mints to dray horses , said hello to a caged European eagle owl called Gonzo and let two barn owls fly on and off his arm as a smiling crowd clapped and asked for autographs .
29 ‘ I went to the afterguard and said our boats are not optimised or going as fast as I would like and asked for recommendations , ’ said Koch .
30 But the following day she telephoned a local newspaper , the Sowetan , saying she feared for her life , and asked for protection .
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