Example sentences of "asking [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We feel this er this will hamper economic development in the district , it 'll prevent us er achieving the proposals set out in er in our local plan and we 're asking for thirty five hectares , an increase of ten hectares only . |
| 2 | Yesterday she was given a two year probation and ordered to pay £1,000 compensation , after admitting three specimen charges amounting to £1,252 and asking for 27 similar offences to be taken into account . |
| 3 | In fact he is asking for two kinds of help : aid to stop ongoing injury and aid to recover from the damage . |
| 4 | Exiles secretary John Hunter said last night : ‘ We felt we were reasonable in only asking for two players out of a possible six . |
| 5 | But Paddington did find a note on the door step asking for two extra pints and things . |
| 6 | Mr Wallace immediately faxed a letter which was delivered by hand to the Reporter , asking for one hour extra to be allowed . |
| 7 | but I shall be asking for one and we 'll see what personnel says . |
| 8 | A four-year investor is looking for a 25 per cent return here , against a Japanese counterpart only asking for 7 per cent over 14 years . |
| 9 | ‘ They are asking for eight per cent , whereas the housing associations can afford to pay only three-and-a-half per cent . ’ |
| 10 | So we 're only asking for five hundred years . |
| 11 | Applications for 250 shares will be satisfied in full and anyone asking for 500 gets 75% , ie 375 shares . |
| 12 | Once he came into Ken 's dressing room , asking for ten pounds to buy dinner at a nearby restaurant — this , from a man who never ate out in his life . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He says he will respond by asking for three , as a negotiating position , but is prepared to go to five . |
| 15 | The French were in fact asking for 270 billion francs and it was hard to see how the distinction could be made between helping to improve the French position in Europe and the position in Vietnam . |
| 16 | Then , with the air of a man asking for twenty cigarettes , he said , ‘ I need 10 or 15 grams of thallium . |