Example sentences of "ask for [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What 's the matter , San ? ’ the fat woman asked for about the fifth time since they had all trooped in out of the cold . |
| 2 | I saw , and I have had in actual fact , recourse to actually use that service over there , and it 's rather interesting if one can t to say that er in the particular village which I er represent , they actually came up , when I asked a certain question , they gave me a , a , far more than what I actually asked for at the time , but found out who the first village constable was , and I think myself that er , that service over there , it deserves every praise it gets heaped on it . |
| 3 | Wigs were out of the question because of the cost , and most of the changes John asked for in the designs were for simplicity in making and comfort in wearing . |
| 4 | It recommended the adoption of the procedure asked for in the Institute 's Memorial , which he had helped to organize , and the substitution of moderate passages , in place of his forthright statements , only tended to give the Report the appearance of a more impartial document . |
| 5 | This was £80,000 in excess of the loan asked for in the application in its unaltered form . |
| 6 | I hope that the Minister gives the assurances about timing asked for by the hon. Member for Chislehurst . |
| 7 | This is what goats have been asking for in the their prayers . |
| 8 | And if you do n't withdraw it , the C E C is completely and totally opposed to it because we already have what it 's asking for in the rule . |
| 9 | It was not beyond the wit of any surgeon worthy of his calling or apothecary worthy of his phial to have been able to perform superficial embalming , and it is highly unlikely that assistance was asked for at the London end . |
| 10 | In point of time , however , one can find the specific civilian proposition from the US Ambassador in Paris a week earlier , on 11 December , not only to extend aid to Vietnam from the President 's special $75 m. fund but also recommending direct ‘ Marshall plan ’ financing for Indo-China : which the French had tentatively asked for at the beginning of 1949 . |
| 11 | Bollards as we 've asked for across the frontage as well , and the back . |
| 12 | Will the vast sums of money which are being asked for by the Governing Bodies of Sport mean that they will price themselves out of the market or will television continue to pay as they compete for audiences ? |
| 13 | Reagan 's success in the Senate was never in doubt , and on 29 July a package of tax cuts virtually identical to those asked for by the president was approved by 89 — 11 . |
| 14 | To this there is one exception , to comply with Article 9 of the Convention ; an order may be made that a person should give evidence otherwise than on oath where this is asked for by the requesting court . |
| 15 | First of all chairman we have put in this morning erm a paper on commitments which erm I think was asked for by the panel which is this document which should have been circulated er by now . |
| 16 | Suggestions are asked for from the family and friends all over the village . |
| 17 | The levels of smoking , alcohol consumption , and socioeconomic group , which were all asked for in the patient questionnaire , had no significant effect on control . |
| 18 | She did not know what to ask for at the ticket window so she essayed the machine . |
| 19 | She had been spared telephoning after all — she realized that she did not even know whom to ask for at the hotel in Bandol . |
| 20 | The relief claimed by the mother at this interlocutory stage is precisely what the mother will ask for at the main trial . |