Example sentences of "ask [pron] for an " in BNC.
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| 1 | That way , he would be left alone without worrying why no one was asking him for an autograph . |
| 2 | ‘ What 's — the matter this morning ? ’ she said , in the voice she had used when he asked her for an off-games note . |
| 3 | Having had the good fortune to fall in with Gabriel outside Cat 's Coffee Shop as she was on her way home , he had seized his chance and asked her for an early supper . |
| 4 | Instead Barclays asked him for an extra £15 commission on his traveller 's cheques . |
| 5 | I asked him for an instance of the difference between bookselling in Knightsbridge , London , and Union Street , Glasgow . |
| 6 | Once , Barry 's daughter asked him for an autograph . |
| 7 | When someone 's silent for a long time , ask them for an opinion . |
| 8 | Claris looks out from under her limp-brimmed woollen hat and asks me for an orange with a charming broken-toothed smile . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ What will people think when those children ask her for an improper story ! ’ |
| 12 | We do n't know what he 's like yet — would n't it be better to ask him for an odd Sunday first before we let ourselves in for a course of sermons ? ’ |
| 13 | Well , can we go and ask him for an invitation ? |