Example sentences of "i [vb past] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | actually it 's a bit boring down there now but they , they had to put my , my explanation of the price of petrol er down , there 's nowhere to thing , cos th the last time I was down there I asked for a pint of bitter and this guy bought it me and said and I wanted two pound thirty or something . |
| 2 | I asked for a bowl , there was an embarrassed silence when no one moved to my aid ( thinking I felt sick ! ) — and my waters soaked the kitchen floor . |
| 3 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
| 4 | Fortunately we had an alternative target so I asked for a course . |
| 5 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 6 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 7 | I asked for a cigarette . |
| 8 | The last time I preached on the New Age before writing this chapter , I asked for a show of hands from those who had heard of it . |
| 9 | If the code is kept under review , is there any intention to issue an updated version with any alterations to the 1987 edition which is the one that was supplied to me when I asked for a copy ? |
| 10 | I asked for a report on this tragic case this morning . |
| 11 | Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one . |
| 12 | I asked for a priest . |
| 13 | ‘ I asked for a biography of a dead scientist , not a list of missile sites . ’ |
| 14 | I asked on a hunch . |
| 15 | I asked after a pause . |
| 16 | I asked after a silence . |
| 17 | I asked after a moment . |
| 18 | I applied for a job at Anglia as a news reporter . |
| 19 | I applied for a job on Query and got it . |
| 20 | I applied for a job and three people turned |
| 21 | I applied for a research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College ( pronounced Keys ) . |
| 22 | They offered not only to plant a tree in my name , if I applied for a policy , but also the choice of a free radio alarm clock or a telephone . |
| 23 | No because , I applied for a lot of jobs |
| 24 | I applied for a place at the Methodist Institution training college in London — and have heard I have been accepted . ’ |
| 25 | I gabbled for a second as shock and rage choked my words . |
| 26 | Near a tombstone-memorial by the wayside , I gazed on a crowd of boys . |
| 27 | The next day , I countered with a speech arguing that as far as the health service was concerned the issue had been settled and that the Government 's policy was to continue to make the service as effective as possible . |
| 28 | This time I chanced upon a passage where the writer was awakened from his narcotic slumbers by a knocking at his cottage door : |
| 29 | Recently I was in an equipment shop when I chanced upon a climbing friend . |
| 30 | While digesting my daily dose of Gulf wallpaper the other week , I chanced upon a Radio 4 telephone spat between an editor from ITN and Nicholas Soames MP , a Tory backbencher . |