Example sentences of "they ask for " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they ask for proof , let them look into their own hearts . |
| 2 | Inner-city blacks often see better-paid jobs as beyond their reach : they ask for too many qualifications , they are too far away , there is nobody to look after the children . |
| 3 | Do you expect them to kill Liam , as they threaten , if they do n't get what they ask for ? ’ |
| 4 | During the inquiry they ask for the electronic serial number of the mobile phone which is then used for the illegal duplication of the phone unit . |
| 5 | Whether this has any foundation in science or whether it reflects the old-fashioned ‘ punitive ’ approach , men up and down the country , known for their ten-pint capacity or love for fine wine , are receiving old-fashioned looks as they ask for a half-pint of lime juice or a tonic on its own . |
| 6 | Some parents , in their understandable desire to make their children happy , give in to them and let them have everything they ask for . |
| 7 | They ask for pathology tests to be conducted by the local hospitals , they call on the community health services , and they refer patients to hospital for inpatient treatment . |
| 8 | They cry if they are unhappy , they ask for attention or affection if they feel the need , they touch you and want to be touched . |
| 9 | Provide food if they ask for it . |
| 10 | If they ask for an explanation and are told that it is shooting at a wooden bird in the graveyard with bows and arrows , they may think they are being hoaxed . |
| 11 | They ask for more stimulus than their children provide and for the opportunity to give expression to their other creative and intellectual drives . |
| 12 | They ask for advice when they should try to be more aware of what is happening . ’ |
| 13 | We have to be their voice as they ask for someone , anyone , to help Victor . |
| 14 | Muggers are becoming increasingly vicious — some even slash their victims before they ask for the money . |
| 15 | Parents can be wrong in the obedience they ask for . |
| 16 | Parents often feel that their children should not have everything that they ask for and try to provide some restraint . |
| 17 | Oh , apart from when they ask for a ‘ tad ’ more/less bass in the drum monitors . |
| 18 | Please give the bank any evidence they ask for . ’ |
| 19 | I wanted to find a better job , but for a factory you need to have finished school and in the coffee processing industries they ask for ninth grade . |
| 20 | Selling on is an attitude of mind , an attitude whereby you do your customers a favour by selling them more than they ask for , and often at a better price than they expected . |
| 21 | They would want a lot ; there is no reason that we should give them everything they ask for . |
| 22 | and they say pen and then they say one rupee , which is a tiny bit of currency , erm and they ask for pens for their school so that they can write at school . |
| 23 | It will be appreciated that it is necessary to make payment for meals to the person who delivers when they ask for payment . |
| 24 | Chairman , if they ask for er er additional rent , all we have to say is no , you maintain it as a , as a recreation ground , erm you know and then it passes back to them . |
| 25 | The danger is that many businesses are waiting until there is a problem , or even a crisis , to be sorted out before they ask for advice from a solicitor — as said : ‘ Regrettably , lawyers are seen as a cure , not a preventative ’ — and it is the smaller , more vulnerable business that falls into it most . |
| 26 | It responds to requests from those countries and , usually , they only get what they ask for . |
| 27 | Yes I know er yes I er er I er er I , I think it 's a good thing that people , if they ask for information , you 've got to buy books to get them . |
| 28 | and also they ask for those thirty five percenters . |
| 29 | And they ask for four for a very good reason . |
| 30 | Or if they ask for Brinkley , people can be guided there . |