Example sentences of "he ask for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the minimum of props and the only gesture being a raised paw , he asked for the money for a cup of coffee , guv , sported a patch over one eye concealing a wound sustained in the service of his country , at the same time dragging a wooden leg fitted during the retreat from Moscow while maintaining that he had a bitch and five pups to support and did not know where his next meal was coming from . |
| 2 | Quietly he asked for the Standard and handed across his money between the jutting arms ; he did n't want any trouble . |
| 3 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
| 4 | He asked for the divorce to be put off , which the King said was Mrs Simpson 's business , and he urged that she should go away for six months . |
| 5 | His Principal looked at him suspiciously when he asked for the day off , and he stuttered , ‘ She brought me up , you know . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Morris , whose own house suffered relatively little damage , said he realised the potential danger early on Thursday evening when he asked for the river to be kept clear of debris before the level grew too high . |
| 7 | That was certainly the impression he gave to Taheb 's gatekeeper , a squat man with one wall-eye , who appraised him pessimistically with the other when he asked for the mistress of the house . |
| 8 | Newcastle clearly had n't heard of Sunderland , so he asked for the Wearside number . |
| 9 | Only one contestant appeared and at the end of the prescribed waiting period , the hour of nine he asked for the non-appearance of his adversary to be legally recorded . |
| 10 | ‘ How does it work ? , ’ he asked for the sake of British tabloid papers . |
| 11 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 12 | In a Northern Ireland accent he asked for the manager 's office . |
| 13 | While one takes into account the concern of Calvin and the reformers for the balance between the light of scripture and the inner light and direction given to individuals an experience vouchsafe for countless times in both the Old and New Testaments also remembering our lord 's own use of silence in prayer and I believe the increasing use of silence in modern worship and may I also say how very impressed I was by Dr 's prayer at the opening of this assembly in which he asked for the guidance of God and indeed your own equally eloquent prayer on Sunday evening Moderator open to the prompting and leading and guiding of God 's spirit . |