Example sentences of "asked me for " in BNC.

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1 A surly man stepped from a trailer doorway and asked me for money .
2 No one asked me for any comment .
3 I said , ‘ You asked me for my knowledge of these people .
4 I can not recall an occasion when he asked me for help before .
5 He asked me for £100,000 to help him pay legal fees .
6 They asked me for more money .
7 They asked me for £400,000 each .
8 ‘ They ignored this question , and aggressively asked me for my name , address and my employer 's name .
9 The most beautiful moment was when she asked me for my recipe for Pavlova cake .
10 Nevertheless , she had deep and peaceful eyes , and when she passed me by she only smiled ; she asked me for nothing .
11 ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’
12 I 'll tell you this … three times before he went , Michael asked me for time to go up to London and said he was having problems with his visa .
13 He asked me for 50,000 francs for Félix .
14 The woman was in her early forties and she asked me for £5 straight away .
15 And always , every day , he asked me for money .
16 She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift .
17 She asked me for nothing more , she did n't want to cause me problems , but I could n't just walk away from her .
18 She said , ‘ I managed to get some of the information you asked me for . ’
19 Of course , the old man asked me for my reasons .
20 Many times they asked me for them by title .
21 he asked me for a few slices of bread which he broke into pieces and scattered over the roof .
22 If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating .
23 ‘ You asked me for my advice , and that 's it . ’
24 He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises .
25 Then I felt a pressure on my arm and a soft female voice asked me for a light .
26 ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’
27 Because I I mean I because she had asked me originally to keep it but I keep mine all separate until you asked me for it .
28 YOU recently mentioned con tricks well , I was waiting at Lime Street Station for my mother when a well-dressed man with a briefcase asked me for £1 .
29 ‘ Oh , come on , that 's why you asked me for a drink .
30 ‘ Yes Dad , she asked me for some help . ’
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