Example sentences of "ask for him [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I once specially asked for him to be there and then demanded to know at the rehearsal who was this man sitting with the flutes . |
| 2 | His mother , unable to find the strength to battle against him , wrote to the school and asked for him to be excused . |
| 3 | A week later the labour master was convicted ; he was fined ten shillings and costs , although the solicitor who was defending him asked for him to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment ( in which case , an appeal could have been lodged ) . |
| 4 | I was told that the manager had gone to lunch , and when I asked for him to be bleeped I was told again that he had gone to lunch and that he had left his bleep at the switchboard — all in a tone that suggested that this was standard behaviour . |
| 5 | A writ has been issued by the actress and her parents asking for him to be banned ‘ from entering or trespassing on the property or on the actual road ’ . |
| 6 | He still could not begin to imagine why , as Hitch had told him , Ray Plummer had specifically asked for him to be included . |
| 7 | She often used to ask for him after that , and nobody knew why . |
| 8 | Demeke was arraigned at a New York court last night but German prosecutors said they may ask for him to be extradited . |