Example sentences of "to ask [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My plan was to sit around and wait for one of the parish team to appear and then to ask them for their advice . |
| 2 | He presented himself as organizer of reciprocities ( ‘ Am I to ask them for a dinar when you are sick ? ’ ) rather than as lineage banker : he noticeably did not raise issues of authority . |
| 3 | It is far more difficult to approach someone to whom you do not feel at all dose and in many cases the only way to do this is by means of a third person who may be willing to ask them for their opinion of you . |
| 4 | It 's come in in different ways , maths , English and science from Spring Gardens is separate separate sheets which we can actually take out the files and give to each department , there 's no problem there Saint John 's again , is separate sheets , Collingwood is n't , it 's actually on photocopiable sheets , we either cut them up and give them out separately in some form or whatever , and what I 've , what we hope to do over the next maybe this year is to ask them for a sheet each , for each subject that we can actually take out of the file and give to each department , so that is has arrived , it ha did arrive last year but it arrived in such hotch botch that we did n't actually give it out , but we certainly have it this year and Marian and I certainly , Marian anyway will get that together and give it out to departments . |
| 5 | This is the first time in my working life I have to go to the family to ask them for money . |
| 6 | Erm we 're entitled to ask them for er entitled to ask the tribunal to say what terms of employment wou w should have been . |
| 7 | It was through a family connection , I think — anyway , as expected , she never had to ask me for a reference . |
| 8 | And I was fortunate : no one ever stopped me either to ask me for my identity card or to see what I had in my bag . |
| 9 | She was going to ask me for money , I thought . |
| 10 | When you said you had been ‘ meaning to ask me for some time ’ , did you mean over the five and a half lonely years to date of my grass widowhood or merely since I 've had no car and no earnings ? |
| 11 | But they used to ask me for things but I thought there were enough s erm shops here really . |
| 12 | She has said nothing of this to me , and as her father I really ought to know , I think , what she , and you , propose to do , even if in the modern fashion you do not choose to ask me for my blessing . ’ |
| 13 | The Conservative government has deprived North Tyneside of £300m in grant money since 1980 , What a cheek now to ask me for a donation . |
| 14 | So , for me , the best thing about starting work was being able to go shopping every weekend and buy things without having to ask someone for money . |
| 15 | Unfortunately , due to all road signposts being removed , he soon lost his way and had to ask someone for directions . |
| 16 | O 's whole way of making love was strange ; he worked on your body until you could n't stand it , but it was impersonal somehow , as if he was digging inside you to find someone else , something else , something he 'd lost or wanted but could n't find words to ask you for . |
| 17 | To ask you for them . |
| 18 | Well , Mrs Davis , I ca n't promise you a rise ( and I certainly would n't be bold enough to ask you for a hug ! ) but what I can offer you is the chance to choose between a substantial pay-rise … £1,500 a year … and a cheque for the generous sum of £15,000 . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ said Zach , ‘ because I 'm going to ask you for another good suggestion . ’ |
| 20 | " I 've come to ask you for money , my lord . |
| 21 | If I were to ask you for your address , what would you do ? |
| 22 | There is a rent review due next year , and I think they will be quite likely to ask you for additional rent , erm amount of rent per annum to you . |
| 23 | Jean Margaret 's memo 17.1.89 re sickness , you need to make clear that Area Staff inform you of any days sickness they have and to ask you for a form . |
| 24 | So , basically what I 'm here to ask you for this evening is your support of the project , and specifically , if the town council could buy us another one of these shipping containers . |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't imagine what she wants , ’ Joanna said , ‘ unless , having quarelled with Robert , she 's going to ask you for a job . ’ |
| 26 | done it , she said I was reading it here and I meant to ask you for the , she said , anyway when he come back I said have you found them out , alright , he said I 've had a go he said |
| 27 | As we draw near to him in our distress , we learn to ask him for the things we need . |
| 28 | We begin to ask him for more of his love to love him more . |
| 29 | And when the King thought it a fit season , he spake to him and said , that Doña Ximena Gomez , the daughter of the Count whom he had slain , had come to ask him for her husband , and would forgive him her father 's death ; wherefore he besought him to think it good to take her to be his wife , in which case he would show him great favour . |
| 30 | The unsuspecting victim was horrified when a ‘ corpse ’ leaned out of an open coffin to ask him for a takeaway pizza . |