Example sentences of "have ask [pron] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they 'd asked me for an epitaph not an editorial and , in any case , I 'd already got the clear impression that most of these unaccustomed mourners could recognise a tolling bell when they heard it , but that like so many of the other warnings that had been laid on them over the years by teachers , social workers and magistrates , they had simply decided that any other way of life was simply too dull , too straight , even to be contemplated . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He had asked me for a photograph of myself when I was young and I had told him to go around and get it from Mandy . |
| 5 | ‘ Not unless one of them had asked me for a spare key — and no-one did . ’ |
| 6 | She rose , tripping round the table as if Benjamin had asked her for a dance . |
| 7 | It was through a family connection , I think — anyway , as expected , she never had to ask me for a reference . |