Example sentences of "ask him for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Otherwise one might not have minded asking him for a loan . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | As it was Christmas Eve , he hung up his red stocking on his chair and left out a letter , addressed to Santa , asking him for the thing he wanted most in the world , a red nose . |
| 4 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
| 5 | I told him this and asked him for a prescription for a warm , dry home . |
| 6 | The boy was in Nunnery Lane when another youth asked him for a ride on the bike and never returned . |
| 7 | In all the years Francis and I were married I never asked him for a cent . |
| 8 | They asked him for a swimming pool and a better playground , but he was n't making any promises . |
| 9 | So when Jane asked him for a loan , he snapped back : ‘ I think my first duty is to look after myself ! ’ |
| 10 | She remembers the time he was coming out of his flat in the midst of a rainstorm and was approached by a young man who asked him for the price of a meal . |
| 11 | I believe she has even phoned an old school friend of mine whom she avowedly dislikes and asked him for the manuscript of a symphony we once composed together . |
| 12 | A girl from one of the other teams — for all of us had assembled by now — asked him for the time and briefly discussed the weather with him and when , after about 15 minutes , he struck off purposefully around a nearby playing field , he had a tail of 14 people — the entire membership of all four spy teams — determined not to lose their quarry . |
| 13 | I asked him for an instance of the difference between bookselling in Knightsbridge , London , and Union Street , Glasgow . |
| 14 | Once , Barry 's daughter asked him for an autograph . |
| 15 | As ask him for a refund on that much we have n't received from |
| 16 | Daisy was screwing up her courage to accost Ricky and ask him for a drink after church when the Vicar launched into the final prayer about being made flesh , and she suddenly remembered the vast ox heart cooking in the oven for Ethel , which would burn dry if it was n't taken out , so she belted home . |
| 17 | Ah just ask , just ask him for a drop of |
| 18 | I do n't want him to say well she did n't come round , she did n't ask me for the money , I mean I have n't ask him for the money and , he 'd like to on a Friday , when one come up , when the next one comes you can you ? |
| 19 | Also ask him for the telephone number of the Home Service Adviser for your area , in case you need further advice . |
| 20 | According to Wainfleet Ruby had asked him for a photograph of the escaped prisoner from the newspaper 's files , passed her hands over it and discovered that Sniffy was in Epping Forest . |
| 21 | On that third morning , though , it had been Haynes who led out the home team , since Richards was in the press box breathing fire at Daily Express journalist James Lawton who had asked him for an explanation of the V-sign he had given to his own crowd . |
| 22 | The unsuspecting victim was horrified when a ‘ corpse ’ leaned out of an open coffin to ask him for a takeaway pizza . |
| 23 | ‘ This story of Terry 's about going after your father to ask him for a loan to buy a small-holding — what do you make of that ? ’ |
| 24 | Did you ask him for a drink ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |
| 26 | I would ask him on authorisation from er the Assistant Chief Constable , I would ask him for a number of officers . |
| 27 | Well , can we go and ask him for an invitation ? |