Example sentences of "ask [pron] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He come round and he asked me for a change of a fiver . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , come on , that 's why you asked me for a drink . |
| 3 | ‘ And there was a sailor there — submariner , I think he was — and he asked me for a date , but I said no . ’ |
| 4 | She came over to me one night and she asked me for a lift . |
| 5 | He asked me for a light and I offered him one of my Gauloises . |
| 6 | Then I felt a pressure on my arm and a soft female voice asked me for a light . |
| 7 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 8 | If you came in now and asked me for a pound of apples , well in a way I would n't know a stranger whether they like them under-ripe , ripe or just ready for eating . |
| 9 | but when I asked them for a crayon , |
| 10 | Which was good news for START ( Skin Treatment and Research Trust ) as we also asked you for a donation to help START in their research into replacement skin for series skin problems . |
| 11 | We asked you for a diatribe in verse from Neil Kinnock against the Tory press , the short-sighted public , or anyone or anything else he might be against at the moment . |
| 12 | We asked you for a letter written by a father to his son admitting that he has some embarrassing or socially undesirable condition . |
| 13 | His head was full of sentences he was going to write to Hilary when he had the time to put pen to paper : I may remind you that I never asked you for a penny towards the summer gas bill … do you think I am made of stone ? … surely I deserve better consideration … who listened for hours when you had that disagreement at Bromley over Fortescue upstaging you in She Stoops to Conquer … have you forgotten that it was I , when your mother had her second stroke , who travelled with her in the ambulance and went back on the bus to collect her plaster replica of the Sacred Heart ? |
| 14 | One day in April , Horsley , Walsh and Everett spent the morning in Manchester meeting the Co-op insurance company and asking them for a £750,000 investment , before rushing straight round to the Council Economic Development Committee to pitch for another £500,000 . |
| 15 | I know I 'm not a wallflower — other boys keep asking me for a date — but Harry just does n't seem to notice me . |
| 16 | Then , of course , they 'd make me a mother figure getting up asking me for a glass of water in the middle of the night . |
| 17 | He sounded depressed by the thought , but then cheered himself up by asking me for a beer . |
| 18 | Sometimes you feel a bit stupid asking someone for a hand . |
| 19 | It 's asking you for a type . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm not asking you for a penny . ’ |
| 21 | Mr R. Melbourne of Loughborough wins our first £25 award by asking you for a list of those clubs who have won the old First Division title and also played in the Fourth Division . |
| 22 | Otherwise one might not have minded asking him for a loan . |
| 23 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 24 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
| 25 | When he failed to persuade her to cancel it , he asked her for a date — and romance blossomed . |
| 26 | Kevin : Well , I 'd jist got my Giro , So I asked her for a Biro — If she |
| 27 | Just as Debbie was about to wind up the window , he suddenly asked her for a lift , saying he only lived 5 minutes down the road and could she drop him on her way ? |
| 28 | ‘ What 's — the matter this morning ? ’ she said , in the voice she had used when he asked her for an off-games note . |
| 29 | I told him this and asked him for a prescription for a warm , dry home . |
| 30 | The boy was in Nunnery Lane when another youth asked him for a ride on the bike and never returned . |