Example sentences of "the [noun sg] ask for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buyer asked for a copy of the restrictions ; they were not forthcoming , the seller having no copy . |
| 2 | In July 1947 , the Ministry asked for a statement concerning the hospital premises and funds . |
| 3 | He told a key meeting in Dunkirk at the end of August : ‘ You must find the nerve to ask for a better treaty ; one that hands less power to Brussels , controls bureaucracy more stringently and leaves France her autonomy in foreign and monetary policy . ’ |
| 4 | The developer asked for a set of QA listings to assess for himself if the person assigned to QA would approve the package . |
| 5 | The Queen asked for a three-month cooling off period . |
| 6 | The company turned to the council asking for a £100,000 loan . |
| 7 | I took my TV to be repaired and the shop asked for a £35 deposit which I paid . |
| 8 | The latter was now staring at the Van Gogh boats and the milky sea and sky through poppy-scarlet lenses , which Frederica thought was perverse , although she wished she had the courage to ask for a moment to put them on , to see all this . |
| 9 | For sure Cabinets were made and unmade on the floor of the House , but the Cabinet for its part could unmake the House of Commons because it enjoyed the right to ask for a dissolution and after the election it could look for support from amongst members in a new House of Commons . |
| 10 | An Irish company approached the plaintiff asking for a new version of the program suitable for the Irish market . |
| 11 | On being told that the men still unaccounted for could not be contacted by the trapped men , the Manager asked for a volunteer to go down from the surface and search inwards from the main shaft . |
| 12 | I was listening engrossed to the woman I was walking to work with , who the night before had found two night-screws stretched out on the desk in a passionate embrace when she 'd gone downstairs to the office to ask for a Tampax . |