Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] asked for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've asked for a |
| 2 | and er I 've asked for the er extra length one . |
| 3 | This case raises serious and complex moral issues and I have asked for a detailed study of the House of Lords judgement in the light of Catholic moral teaching . |
| 4 | ‘ In addition , I have asked for a timetable of progress . |
| 5 | She 'd asked for a terse put-down , she reflected with some justice . |
| 6 | You 've asked for a lot ! |
| 7 | She had asked for a test-tube baby because her fallopian tubes were irreversibly blocked . |
| 8 | Mr Elton attacked his wife after she had asked for a divorce . |
| 9 | ‘ When Jane told us she had asked for a divorce it was a complete shock . ’ |
| 10 | To her great relief , however , Fabia subsequently discovered that she had asked for a quite delicious meal of venison with bacon , mushrooms and tomatoes . |
| 11 | Come and tell me about this morning , ’ He looked round for Catherine to discover that with admirable good sense she had asked for the facilities of the house , and was being issued with soap and hand-towels by Miss Williams . |
| 12 | She had sensed that he believed she had asked for the locket , that she was guilty of abusing his father 's generosity . |
| 13 | I am delighted that you have asked for a personal illustration and further details of SaverPlus 2001 . |
| 14 | The key to using this technique is to keep silent after you have asked for the order . |
| 15 | She 's asked for the icing of off our cake not our cake and she 's not having it . |
| 16 | Their quotation was £12 for two pages , we had asked for a quote based on four , and although the letter promised a price and font list it was not enclosed . |
| 17 | We had asked for the additional cost of providing an extension of the present service to the Cuiken area of Penicuik . |
| 18 | ‘ We have asked for a full investigation . |
| 19 | It was the , the British Corpus asked us if we would be willing to record the last council meeting , because they wanted to , erm , get dialects and accents and use of words from different parts of the country , and they were so enthralled by our display , they 've asked for a further two meetings . |
| 20 | They 've asked for a stand-ball . |
| 21 | They 've asked for a third . |
| 22 | They 've asked for a third of what |
| 23 | They 've asked for a number , have n't they , spec specifically here , which I think that 's detailed enough . |
| 24 | They 've they 've asked for a few changes to their older system , and this new one will give them all that they want , plus a load that they do n't want . |
| 25 | They had asked for a greater number of " peacekeeping forces " to be sent , although Sahnoun on Aug. 12 was to emphasize that the proposed deployment was not to be regarded as a peacekeeping operation , but was to protect food distribution . |
| 26 | The leader of the MPs ' delegation , Sir Rhodes Boyson , the former local government minister , said afterwards that they had asked for an extra £650m to offset the sums which some local councils will have to raise in poll tax to the pay their contribution to the nation-wide poll tax safety net . |
| 27 | Er , Council are also agreeing to the road and a District Council are in agreement with the road , albeit that they have asked for the road to follow more closely to the erm but I believe it is acceptable that the road and the line of the road in general principle is . |
| 28 | He seeks more time and he has asked for a year or more . |
| 29 | Forest want an answer from Keane by the end of this week and he has asked for an extra couple of days to iron out the finer details . |
| 30 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |