Example sentences of "ask for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ British Gas asked for a wide-ranging review in order to clarify our regulatory environment and develop a clear way ahead for the future . |
| 2 | The public prosecutor asked for a four-year sentence , but the judge sent Meyer to jail for six years . |
| 3 | ’ On the north-east corner he asked for a castellated bell tower in which to house the bell he had brought back from Lille . |
| 4 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 5 | They sensibly asked for a new kettle but were told that they could not have one because cuts meant that no new equipment or furniture of any kind was available . |
| 6 | They had , it appears , expended upwards of £100 to that date and Millford asked for a new lease upon Fleming Royalties in Shaw 's and Wildhagen 's names . |
| 7 | But erm , if so , please get in touch before Wednesday as they 've , he rang me up last night and asked for a final figure from us which he must |
| 8 | Last year , Thomas asked for a Mental Health Review Tribunal — and told how he had staged his madman act . |
| 9 | He also asked for a similar offence to be taken into consideration . |
| 10 | When Mr Adley , along with Mr Gore-Booth and others , was asked to help restore relations with Syria last year , before the outbreak of war , he and the Foreign Office asked for a specific promise that Mrs Thatcher would not intervene again — and got it . |
| 11 | The station was offered to us for the sum of £20,000 , but when we asked for a private valuation in the hope of securing a loan to purchase the site , the valuer valued the site at only £10,000 . |
| 12 | The Queen asked for a three-month cooling off period . |
| 13 | Jackson asked for a revised contract on returning from the summer tour Down Under . |
| 14 | Ian Dobkin , defending , asked for a lenient sentence . |
| 15 | If you asked for a special audit they would probably welcome it , as an indication that the bank was going to great lengths not to put them out of business . " |
| 16 | Before the Cabinet reached its final decision , Shawcross asked for a special meeting with the Prime Minister and Morrison in which he strongly pressed his point of view : |
| 17 | On 10th August , the day the Bill was ordered to be withdrawn , Hope asked for a Royal Commission to consider the whole affair . |
| 18 | ‘ You asked for a particular service . |
| 19 | ‘ You asked for a double room . ’ |
| 20 | They asked for a multi-agency conference to be convened , involving the Social Work Department , teachers , doctors and health visitors . |
| 21 | He said it was the government 's intention to privatize 30-40 per cent of state assets and he asked for a six-month moratorium on trade union pay demands . |
| 22 | In Court their barrister Ian Glen asked for a judicial review . |
| 23 | ‘ He had wanted to be a doctor since he asked for a medical bag for Christmas when he was six-years-old . |
| 24 | Nkrumah now asked for a constitutional adviser to be sent from England . |
| 25 | The Assistant Chief Constable had mentally spoken a prayer for self-control and asked for a brief statement . |
| 26 | Last time I went up she asked for a little bell , so she could ring for me . |
| 27 | This spelt out in more detail what 5 Corps had learned from Maj-Gen Schmidt-Richberg about the approach of the Army Group E forces from the south , and asked for the specific authorization 5 Corps required to accept the surrender of these enormous numbers of fugitives as " formed bodies " . |
| 28 | The Christmas Crib appeal brings in much needed revenue for the work of the society , and Father Gannon asked for the continued support of clergy , schools and people of the diocese . |
| 29 | He wisely asked for the downward transition after a circuit and the mare came down to trot , threw her head up briefly and then rounded again . |
| 30 | The question asked for the total wage bill and went on : |