Example sentences of "ask him for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Guillaume was also disturbed by Modi 's unpredictable and unbusinesslike behaviour : ‘ the mere idea of asking him for a signature , which would have legalized a relationship , seemed ridiculous to me ’ . |
| 2 | Otherwise one might not have minded asking him for a loan . |
| 3 | Geoffrey says he 's considering writing another letter to the Prime Minister asking him for a proper reply to his questions . |
| 4 | So when Jane asked him for a loan , he snapped back : ‘ I think my first duty is to look after myself ! ’ |
| 5 | At this point I thought she might be distracted by the kid whose chair was sticking out , so I asked him for a second time to move back even further . |
| 6 | I told him this and asked him for a prescription for a warm , dry home . |
| 7 | In all the years Francis and I were married I never asked him for a cent . |
| 8 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
| 9 | They asked him for a swimming pool and a better playground , but he was n't making any promises . |
| 10 | The boy was in Nunnery Lane when another youth asked him for a ride on the bike and never returned . |
| 11 | Daisy was screwing up her courage to accost Ricky and ask him for a drink after church when the Vicar launched into the final prayer about being made flesh , and she suddenly remembered the vast ox heart cooking in the oven for Ethel , which would burn dry if it was n't taken out , so she belted home . |
| 12 | In real-time only seconds had passed , not much more time than it would have taken to see if he was in and ask him for a few minutes of his time . |
| 13 | As ask him for a refund on that much we have n't received from |
| 14 | Ah just ask , just ask him for a drop of |
| 15 | According to Wainfleet Ruby had asked him for a photograph of the escaped prisoner from the newspaper 's files , passed her hands over it and discovered that Sniffy was in Epping Forest . |
| 16 | The unsuspecting victim was horrified when a ‘ corpse ’ leaned out of an open coffin to ask him for a takeaway pizza . |
| 17 | ‘ This story of Terry 's about going after your father to ask him for a loan to buy a small-holding — what do you make of that ? ’ |
| 18 | Did you ask him for a drink ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I would n't ask him for a drink of water if I were dying of thirst . |
| 20 | I would ask him on authorisation from er the Assistant Chief Constable , I would ask him for a number of officers . |