Example sentences of "ask for [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Buddha lay dying , his devoted attendant Ananda asked for instructions about the Sangha , the Order of Monks . |
| 2 | Success rates were generally low for questions which asked for knowledge of the decimal equivalent of common fractions : The answer 1.2 is suggestive of the view that a fraction a/b is equivalent to the decimal a.b . |
| 3 | He picked up the phone again and asked for Agnes at the Mount Row number . |
| 4 | They asked for money for the child 's family . |
| 5 | At the station he asked for directions to the industrial estate , and walked it in a quarter of an hour . |
| 6 | Wandering from house to house I asked for directions to the ruins of the palace . |
| 7 | ‘ We asked for permission during the day and could n't get it , ’ Vincent protested . |
| 8 | When the landlord 's agents and the militia arrived , the tenants offered the whole of next year 's rent in advance if only Mrs. Pedelty would leave them at peace ; it had taken half an hour to get word to her of this offer and to bring back her refusal Then they asked for compensation for the land they had cleared and she sent back to say if they persisted in the claim she would sue for dilapidation and waste . |
| 9 | He asked for prayer about the journey to Jerusalem , knowing the tensions that existed between the Christians who had been of the Jewish faith , and those who were converted Gentiles . |
| 10 | Whoever wanted to commit suicide asked for authorization from the senators ; if his reasons were good , he was given his hemlock free of charge . |
| 11 | The government has declared a state of emergency and asked for assistance from the US . |
| 12 | Thank you Chairman , last environment committee er , you asked for updates on the position of the service , these are the last years I have managed to inspect the reports the service . |
| 13 | Putting aside what does not concern us here , cases where the petitioner asked for redress against the King himself , we may note two kinds of cases where this extraordinary relief is asked for : |
| 14 | We took it up with the Education Officer who asked for information about the family . |
| 15 | Yet still she asked for news of the Emma Bates . |
| 16 | The RAC removed 89 parts from the stack and asked for replacements from the spares stock . |
| 17 | The conditions were deliberately vague and even asked for suggestions regarding the siting of Westminster Bridge , although some work had already been carried out towards rebuilding the bridge on its existing site . |
| 18 | I enjoyed thoroughly my half-hour with Sousa for he was the most genial of hosts , but when I asked for confirmation of the Samuel Ostrander story he only smiled broadly , shaking his head . |
| 19 | YOU asked for comments on the new proposals for points scoring . |
| 20 | We are just asking for knowledge of the Minister 's attitude to a funding council . |
| 21 | We obtained data on ( str ) in a wide variety of Philadelphia neighbourhoods by asking for directions in the neighbourhood of a given street which had a name of a form X Street . |
| 22 | asking for guarantees for the physical safety of those who have been threatened and intimidated after giving evidence in the trial against the four policemen for the murder of Nahaman Carmona López ; |
| 23 | ( It also increased the letters from German/Swiss nicks asking for copies of The End magazine to relieve the boredom . ) |
| 24 | 47% of families asking for help from the Family Welfare Association did not have enough money left to feed themselves . |
| 25 | open day Margaret , we were saying that we er we should really put the notices up asking for donations for the tombola . |
| 26 | Police announced that youths posing as charity collectors have been knocking on doors in Liverpool asking for money for the James Bulger Appeal . |
| 27 | Niall Hammond , Durham County Council 's sites and monuments officer , wrote to Darlington Council asking for permission for the dig to go ahead . |
| 28 | It is , for instance , asking for compensation for the guns confiscated by American troops because they belong to the Panamanian government . |
| 29 | It stated that he had seen an advertisement in the papers asking for designs for the redevelopment of the whole area between Downing Street and Great George Street , yet Hall knew the Cabinet had decided against this large scheme and that only the purchase of the Fludyer Street area would be completed . |
| 30 | No , sorry I was n't asking for view on the exercise done by Mr . |