Example sentences of "ask for a [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cheeky Paula produced a sprig of mistletoe and asked for a peck on Channel 4 's Big Breakfast Show . |
| 2 | When at last my number came , I presented myself at the window and asked for a ticket on the 10.05 to Stockholm the next morning . |
| 3 | The ‘ chair ’ , hoping to break the sequence ( and to discourage Amanda ) asked for a question on art . |
| 4 | Indenbaum remembered that he was gentle , with a beatific smile , and asked for a tune on the harmonium … |
| 5 | At the meeting of the Transportation Committee on 5 October 1992 you asked for a report on bus services in the Kirknewton area . |
| 6 | I asked for a report on this tragic case this morning . |
| 7 | The painting of the Virgin blessing Christ before the Passion by Urbino was once popular with newly-wedded couples who knelt before it and asked for a blessing on their marriage . |
| 8 | ‘ What I hope will come out of the book is this : the Americans have a joint US/Russian commission which is looking into the matter , and I think it is about time that the British government asked for a seat on that commission . |
| 9 | His parents were not surprised when he asked for a lock on his bedroom door before he had reached his teenage years . |
| 10 | came to , asked for a briefing on what we did in Estonia and then said , can we give you seventy thousand pounds so you can spend on projects in Estonia , so they got seventy thousand pounds off your Government . |
| 11 | She added that she would be asking for a meeting on Monday with a minister from the Foreign Office . |
| 12 | I 'm not asking for a vote on it I 'm simply giving you my opinion . |
| 13 | I 'm not asking for a lesson on highway modelling particularly at half past four in the afternoon but what 's your reaction to what Mr said about the way in which your model would perform in other words on an all or nothing basis , when it 's shorter it all goes that way ? |
| 14 | to write to the Health and Safety Executive asking for a report on their findings of their investigation into the causes of the explosion , and erm after several letters , if you recall at the last meeting I was asked to write to MPs and so forth . |
| 15 | When a business finds itself seriously short of cash it can often buy breathing time by approaching its creditors and asking for a moratorium on payments . |
| 16 | The whole exercise may be held up while consultants are asked for a view on a particular market , technological advance or commercial strengths , and with that new input the whole cycle will start again . |
| 17 | On the standing charges regarding motion three eight four for the rent-free telephones for our senior citizens it is really an extension of three seventy but the C E C asks to while you , while you accept this resolution ask for a qualification on the motion . |
| 18 | Julie is aware that these are on their way to her : please ask for a signature on the slip below . |
| 19 | Mr before we can ask for a seconder on it I 'd ask the clerk to make a de definition about expenditure that has not necessarily been costed beforehand . |