Example sentences of "asked [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Some schools have asked for that to be kept for the sch er you know for them as well . |
| 32 | Many parents comment that their child did the complete opposite of what was asked for several months and so the parents learned to say the opposite of what they wanted , for example , ‘ I really do n't want you to put your pyjamas on now ’ , or ‘ I do n't think you can eat all of that food ’ . |
| 33 | ( Such figures are a fraction of the subventions normal on the Continent , where the fare-payer is asked for less , the taxpayer for much more . |
| 34 | The Editor had asked for some more films to add to my list to show to your fish . |
| 35 | On 26 May Mozart appeared at court before the King of Prussia , a keen amateur cellist , who may have asked for some quartets . |
| 36 | After lunch we walked around the town and marvelled at the prices which were being asked for some of the antique furniture . |
| 37 | The oil mingled with the warm salty water which leaked from places in the ceilings , and that was one of the reasons they had asked for some sort of banister rail to hold on to in the narrow winding-stair . |
| 38 | You know what you should have done while you was up there this time you should have took asked for some samples . |
| 39 | Alison was n't keen to take hers , but I managed to persuade her , pointing out that since I had n't been asked for any more money these were almost certainly aspirins . |
| 40 | And she neither volunteered nor was asked for any new statement of intent about how soon the British would agree to sterling joining the fixed exchange rate regime of the European Monetary System . |
| 41 | It might have continued like that for me too , if I had not needed a chat with my local breastfeeding counsellor and realised she had not asked for any payment . |
| 42 | He has never asked for any favours and , on the field , he 's never given any either . |
| 43 | There , she had n't actually asked for any favours . |
| 44 | The workforce at Swan Hunters have never asked for any special privileges , they 've always asked for a fair deal on a level playing field . |
| 45 | I was n't asked for any more information . |
| 46 | ‘ I have n't asked for any , and they have n't sent them . ’ |
| 47 | Now of that hundred and twenty five thousand revenue spending which would be coming out of County Council to match what is likely to happen in the five B programme , most of that , most of that is on economic development activities , now the kind of way we can find that money without going to the authorities and asking for growth funding , because this Committee has not asked for any and that is not common in all the committees in the Council , is actually by finding it out of things like our monies , and other projects , actually funding it yourself as a Committee , funding the ability to draw in European money into Shropshire . |
| 48 | I have n't asked for any favours from you . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ He has not asked for any help from us . |
| 50 | I have asked for those figures , and apparently none exist . |
| 51 | I am often asked for this but it is difficult to obtain . |
| 52 | My employer would be Dr John Davy Rolleston , who was a scholar and had asked for this . |
| 53 | Your prayers are asked for this intention : |
| 54 | Internal referent power links one to the internally more powerful ( e.g. chief executive ) ; external referent power links to external ( e.g. ‘ The prime minister has asked for this ’ ) . |
| 55 | Moderator I 've asked for this new clause to come in immediately after seven because of what in accepting seven we 've just done . |
| 56 | We had a motion which was put before Conference last year and it was carried and it was asking for a similar review to what 's being asked for this morning . |
| 57 | Now some of the schools have asked for this spa , this by the way is belongs to the school . |
| 58 | With Ms Doi 's passion for pachinko and the industry 's reputation for large-scale tax evasion — both public knowledge - who could have asked for more ? |
| 59 | In its evidence to the Ashby Committee , the WEA had asked for more grant-aid to finance ‘ a considerable increase ’ in the number of full-time staff . |
| 60 | I could n't have asked for more . ’ |