Example sentences of "i [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I asked for £75 and was refused , so I refused .
2 When I arrived at the counter I asked for Katrina .
3 Wandering from house to house I asked for directions to the ruins of the palace .
4 On jobs , its almost certain there will be further losses during the next two years , but bear in mind that when I asked for SVS volunteers last September more than 230 people applied .
5 I asked for Hammond Innes , Frederick Forsyth , Iris Murdoch and Evelyn Waugh .
6 But this time I asked for Nurse Sally , the hyperactive Mrs Cody 's minder .
7 I mean I asked for cream when I came here .
8 S I well I asked for questions before , Mr , but erm what is your question ?
9 So I asked for guns to be issued , and that was done . ’
10 I asked for Dr Grant .
11 So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary .
12 The way I look at it is this : I asked for help , and they gave it .
13 If I asked for money from my husband he would talk of all the expenses , of how much it cost the family to keep me .
14 As for Vivian ( Lord ) Bowden I can only report that he once offered me a job in what was to become UMIST and was particularly accommodating when I asked for time to think about it .
15 I asked for names and addresses so that I might pass on details to the police .
16 With this , well erm I was er after the first two years when I did n't get a referred lead or recommendation cos I , I had this fear in my mind that if I asked for names , they 'd actually not give them and that they would actually then cancel the policy they 'd taken out with me , I actually thought that
17 I asked for details of how well they had maintained their new figures or if , in fact , they had n't .
18 In the motorway restaurant I asked for tea and wholemeal toast , and saw the usual look of incomprehension on the face of the girl behind the counter .
19 At last I was able to speak to Judge Kerwin , and I asked for news of my family .
20 At our first lunch I asked for canneloni to fill myself up .
21 And thirdly there 's a meeting at Stansted Airport of the Committee tomorrow and I wrote and said so to the Committee and said could we discuss this with the Committee tomorrow and again I asked for information to be available to the public and particularly to local Councils so they could alter the situation .
22 I enjoyed thoroughly my half-hour with Sousa for he was the most genial of hosts , but when I asked for confirmation of the Samuel Ostrander story he only smiled broadly , shaking his head .
23 And , I applied for loads of jobs and nothing ever came back .
24 I applied for leave , and departed from Victoria Station on 15 September 1946 , on the famous Golden Arrow train , which on the other side of the Channel became the Flèche d'or .
25 " I applied for school uniform grants for the kids , " said an unemployed woman in Barnsley with three children .
26 ‘ To begin with , I worked for the family , pushing the churns round the streets on the milk-cart , but then I got too old for that , and I applied for work with the Dock workers Guild at Jubilee Wharf . ’
27 I applied for parole , and usually you get your answer a couple of weeks before the date you could be going out .
28 I applied for membership , but the day approval finally arrived , four years later , was the day we left the valley .
29 Right the what else do I want for Christmas , er well
30 ‘ There are some suggestions I made for changes but this would not prevent me signing it .
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