Example sentences of "[pers pn] was asking [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You would think that I was asking for the earth to be changed but I 'm not really . |
| 2 | ‘ I was asking about the health of your grandfather , someone I care about very much . |
| 3 | In fact , she was asking for no more than American colleges everywhere asked of their alumni , and many Americans had benefited from the Oxford system . |
| 4 | He said , ‘ She was asking for a divorce . ’ |
| 5 | We had a motion which was put before Conference last year and it was carried and it was asking for a similar review to what 's being asked for this morning . |
| 6 | Bob Haboldt , who showed a mixture of Italian , French , Dutch and Flemish works mostly priced at FFr 50–150,000 , sold four , but found collectors surprised by the FFr 500,000 ( £51,500 ; $89,700 ) he was asking for a very rare study of deer by Jan Brueghel the Elder and the FFr 400,000 ( £41,200 ; $71,750 ) he expected for a study of standing men by Pietro da Cortona . |
| 7 | He was asking for a fell-walking guide . |
| 8 | ‘ Ai n't that right Sandra ? ’ he was asking with an emphatic flourish , a wider grin . |