Example sentences of "and asking for " in BNC.
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| 1 | On obtaining a prospectus and asking for an application form , you will find that every drama school will require an audition fee , and this can vary between £15 and £25 . |
| 2 | In August 1923 Eliot had written to Alfred Kreymborg ( who published ‘ Portrait of a Lady ’ in 1915 ) , responding enthusiastically to Kreymborg 's Puppet Plays , and asking for advice on manufacturing of puppets . |
| 3 | Malcolm also slowly moved into made-to-measure tailoring , probably because of teddy boys coming in and asking for stuff to be made up . |
| 4 | No sooner had the Minister of Education , Lionel Jospin , stated that the scarves could not be a motive for excluding the girls from school than the teachers ' union , traditionally close to the Socialist Party , called him a traitor and 50 of his deputies signed a petition publicly disaffiliating themselves from his line and asking for his resignation . |
| 5 | You could see Dunwoody was conserving Royal Cedar 's energy , however , and asking for an effort approaching the second last he rose fractionally in front and was well on top at the line , having 2 ½ lengths to spare over the gallant Durham Edition who was trying to give 18lb . |
| 6 | In the nearest modern marketing has come to the skin-flintery of Ebenezer Scrooge , a growing number of American shopping malls have picked the Christmas season to ban the Salvation Army from ringing its bells and asking for money for its traditional Big Red Kettle collection boxes . |
| 7 | Submitted another letter from Bob to Housing Dept in which he expresses concern about the effects on the children and asking for us to be re-housed in a safer area . |
| 8 | Usually worn by those smug bastards who fidget relentlessly on planes and insist on getting up and walking round the whole time , demonstratively taking photos out of windows and asking for guided tours of the cockpit . |
| 9 | We just prowled around the halls at RCA at the time , going in any doors that were open and asking for things and demanding things . |
| 10 | Mrs Paisley brought a message from her husband in prison , condemning the rioting and asking for it to stop . |
| 11 | Holden , 48 , of Lyme Close , Knowsley , was given a nine-month sentence , suspended for two years , after admitting three specimen theft offences and asking for 48 others , spanning six months , to be considered . |
| 12 | On leaving the Ayrshire Yeomanry and asking for a Middle East posting , he had sailed on the Queen Mary around the Cape of Good Hope and had docked at Durban . |
| 13 | This girl , this young woman , coming here and asking for the loan of a shilling for a cab fare . |
| 14 | I did not fancy approaching any of the holiday cruisers — a bit like knocking on a caravan door and asking for a bed . |
| 15 | By clearing out this mind and asking for help from our mentor with our intuitive self , which is hidden inside us , we can progressively strengthen ourselves . |
| 16 | She wrote a memorial to his brother George , now Prince Regent , Nelson 's friend , reminding him of the codicil which the national hero had made to his will leaving her and Horatia to the nation , and asking for it to be recognized in some tangible form . |
| 17 | Next thing you know they 'll be trading in their cuban heels for a pair of comfy slippers , and asking for tea and biscuits on the rider . |
| 18 | ‘ I worked for three years in the Collector of Taxes department , which was really just shuffling papers and asking for money . |
| 19 | Write personal letters to both the company 's chairman and the managing director explaining your position and asking for their help . |
| 20 | Never apologise for writing and asking for your money . |
| 21 | When a business finds itself seriously short of cash it can often buy breathing time by approaching its creditors and asking for a moratorium on payments . |
| 22 | By mid-forenoon they could see Dunbar 's towers ahead ; and by noontide they were under the outer castle-bridge , with Ramsay shouting up his name to the watch and asking for the Countess Agnes . |
| 23 | As this whole approach is to do with openness , its third part is to do with giving people information they need , with expressing your own thoughts and feelings and asking for help and advice when you need it . |
| 24 | At the same time , Wolfgang ( still dreaming about marriage to Aloysia ) tactlessly wrote back commending his beloved to Leopold , and asking for his help in establishing Aloysia 's career . |
| 25 | I wrote to Radio Four 's ‘ In Touch ’ programme , venting my frustrations and asking for like-minded people to contact me . |
| 26 | expressing concern at ‘ Abd al-Ra'uf Ghabin 's most recent arrest and asking for the reasons that lead to it ; |
| 27 | He bids farewell to sorrow , hoping henceforth to unpick with patience the lock of his disease , taking his punishment , and seeking to amend his life , giving thanks , and asking for mercy . |
| 28 | It 's not fair to the others — and asking for clothes for his wife is about the last straw ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ She said if you could spare an hour … she 'd just come back and said he was very low and asking for you . |
| 30 | And the 1980s have seen a determined rejection of imported fashions , the British novelist or dramatist speaking to his people in the confident expectation that the world at large , too , will insist on taking notice and asking for more . |