Example sentences of "ask for [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says he did , but that was boastful invention : Bouilhet asked for salacities from Cairo , and Flaubert provided them . |
| 2 | When the Buddha lay dying , his devoted attendant Ananda asked for instructions about the Sangha , the Order of Monks . |
| 3 | It effectively halted all plans to transport aid from the port , although the EPLF 's aid arm , the Eritrean Relief Association , asked for shipments to be resumed under its control . |
| 4 | At the station he asked for directions to the industrial estate , and walked it in a quarter of an hour . |
| 5 | Wandering from house to house I asked for directions to the ruins of the palace . |
| 6 | As Gerry and his fellow villagers talked of the better days to come , a carload of American tourists pulled up in the street beside him and asked for directions to ‘ Dannygal ’ . |
| 7 | They asked for directions to Walton Hall police station . |
| 8 | In 1985 Cox 's paper was timely and asked for shifts in American Irish and British labour politics in a wholly correct way . |
| 9 | The railway was close to the turnpike road down the Onny valley in several places and the Turnpike Trustees asked for screens to be provided in 3 locations . |
| 10 | * He also asked for swabs for drying balls and replacement brushes be made at certain tees and that a brushwood boot scraper be provided ‘ as the present iron one was ‘ impossible ’ ’ . |
| 11 | In one class a research team member asked for estimates of his height ( 5′ 7½″ ) ; the estimates ranged from 4′ 3″ to 6′ 5″ . |
| 12 | So I asked for guns to be issued , and that was done . ’ |
| 13 | These were published in April 1985 as the Invitation to Promoters which asked for submissions by October of the same year . |
| 14 | Mozart , sometimes for dramatic reasons , sometimes at the request of the designer , Lorenzo Quaglio , or one of the singers , frequently asked for alterations to be made in the text which were often strongly resisted by the librettist . |
| 15 | The 1987 Assembly of the All Africa Conference of Churches asked for opportunities for Church leaders to study so that they can cope with problems cropping up everywhere . |
| 16 | The Earl of Essex , who was in overall charge of all the Parliamentary troops , with the advice of Cromwell , decided that the advance of the Royal troops on London must be halted , so he asked for volunteers from amongst the considerable number of apprentices in London ; armed them as best he could and they marched to Turnham Green where they were able to inflict such losses on the troops led by Prince Rupert that they were forced to withdraw , and there was no subsequent attempt to capture London . |
| 17 | Thank you Chairman , last environment committee er , you asked for updates on the position of the service , these are the last years I have managed to inspect the reports the service . |
| 18 | The survey , by Industrial Relations Services in Equal Opportunities Review , looked at 4,000 job advertisements for evidence of age bias — and found that four out of five asked for applicants to be under 45 . |
| 19 | I asked for details of how well they had maintained their new figures or if , in fact , they had n't . |
| 20 | One member asked for details of how my father had gone into voluntary liquidation . |
| 21 | The RAC removed 89 parts from the stack and asked for replacements from the spares stock . |
| 22 | It was Don who made the effort ; he bought the local paper and looked at ads for houses ; he phoned estate agents and asked for lists of properties . |
| 23 | The conditions were deliberately vague and even asked for suggestions regarding the siting of Westminster Bridge , although some work had already been carried out towards rebuilding the bridge on its existing site . |
| 24 | YOU asked for comments on the new proposals for points scoring . |
| 25 | The prosecution asked for costs to be awarded against the defendants but the request was refused — NatWest has paid all its former employees ' costs . |
| 26 | First asked for ideas for alternative employment to replace the arms industry , Mr. Browne suggested that it was the job of business not governments to provide employment , but he hoped some of the technologies currently used in defence could be deployed for civilian use . |
| 27 | ‘ We were asking for deposits between June and November of last year , and for a lot of people times were tough , says Art Show director O. Kelley Anderson . |
| 28 | It 's About The Vacancy So , you saw our ad asking for henchmen to various Bond villains , eh ? |
| 29 | Ministers arriving at their desks next week will find detailed briefs waiting for them and officials asking for decisions to be taken quickly . |
| 30 | In this signal AC/189 , against the background of " the situation in 5 Corps area becoming unmanageable " , Gen McCreery was asking for decisions from above on three distinct issues . |