Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] asked for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This case raises serious and complex moral issues and I have asked for a detailed study of the House of Lords judgement in the light of Catholic moral teaching . |
| 2 | She 'd asked for a terse put-down , she reflected with some justice . |
| 3 | I am delighted that you have asked for a personal illustration and further details of SaverPlus 2001 . |
| 4 | ‘ We have asked for a full investigation . |
| 5 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 6 | They 've asked for a third . |
| 7 | They 've asked for a third of what |
| 8 | It was the , the British Corpus asked us if we would be willing to record the last council meeting , because they wanted to , erm , get dialects and accents and use of words from different parts of the country , and they were so enthralled by our display , they 've asked for a further two meetings . |
| 9 | They had asked for a greater number of " peacekeeping forces " to be sent , although Sahnoun on Aug. 12 was to emphasize that the proposed deployment was not to be regarded as a peacekeeping operation , but was to protect food distribution . |
| 10 | The leader of the MPs ' delegation , Sir Rhodes Boyson , the former local government minister , said afterwards that they had asked for an extra £650m to offset the sums which some local councils will have to raise in poll tax to the pay their contribution to the nation-wide poll tax safety net . |
| 11 | Forest want an answer from Keane by the end of this week and he has asked for an extra couple of days to iron out the finer details . |
| 12 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 13 | He had asked for a new security system for Lowermoor but was refused on cost grounds . |
| 14 | He had asked for an urgent meeting with Rakovsky to discuss the report and get instructions . |