Example sentences of "i [vb past] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They looked at me apprehensively when I asked for a drink of cider or wine . |
| 2 | I asked for a bowl , there was an embarrassed silence when no one moved to my aid ( thinking I felt sick ! ) — and my waters soaked the kitchen floor . |
| 3 | Each time a guard arrived , either with food or to let me out to the lavatory , I asked for a book , and each time he said ‘ Yes ’ and did n't bring one . |
| 4 | The last time I preached on the New Age before writing this chapter , I asked for a show of hands from those who had heard of it . |
| 5 | Eventually I asked for a transfer , but could n't get one , so I stayed and now I 'm glad I did . ’ |
| 6 | I figured that if I asked for a transfer I 'd either get a rise or would be able to work out a better deal for myself if I went elsewhere . |
| 7 | I asked for a priest . |
| 8 | I asked for a cigarette . |
| 9 | ‘ I asked for a biography of a dead scientist , not a list of missile sites . ’ |
| 10 | I asked for a report on this tragic case this morning . |
| 11 | If the code is kept under review , is there any intention to issue an updated version with any alterations to the 1987 edition which is the one that was supplied to me when I asked for a copy ? |
| 12 | Fortunately we had an alternative target so I asked for a course . |
| 13 | The reason I asked for a preserved pension obviously to see whether there was any preserved benefits . |
| 14 | actually it 's a bit boring down there now but they , they had to put my , my explanation of the price of petrol er down , there 's nowhere to thing , cos th the last time I was down there I asked for a pint of bitter and this guy bought it me and said and I wanted two pound thirty or something . |
| 15 | A young man wearing a yarmulka skullcap and sitting astride a roaring tractor wiped his brow with his arm when I asked for the location of Um Al-Farajh . |
| 16 | Since the controller was n't busy I asked for the rest of the weather , and was told three at 800 , or 900 feet above the threshold of Runway 18 . |
| 17 | Then I asked for the inlays , two humbuckers , two volumes and a tone . |
| 18 | For Christmas and birthdays I asked for the red , hard-backed children 's classics published by Dean and Co. and sold in Woolworth 's : Treasure Island , The Children of the New Forest , Alice in Wonderland , What Katy Did , A Tale of Two Cities . |
| 19 | And I asked for the Kommandant 's help to have him released . |
| 20 | I asked for the usual guarantees — that the object would n't endanger my ship or anyone on it , and that carrying it would breach no SenFed laws . |
| 21 | And they said so at the er at the district council , went up to district and I asked for the support of the district council and er probably John immediately said , you have the full support of the district council for it he says and I 'll ensure that you get support with the result I also received four posters direct from the Edinburgh District Council with John photograph on it and with the caption st stating every old age pensioner should be signing here . |
| 22 | From round about then , cos I asked for the |
| 23 | After all , the main reason I asked for an assistant was because of the danger of an epidemic of polio . |
| 24 | I asked for an application form for Scheduled Monument Consent because British Waterways have agreed that ‘ Spokes ’ can undertake repairs to the towpath of the Union Canal , in the Hermiston area . |
| 25 | I have , I asked for an extension because like , in , in light of my present mathematical ne , need for seriousness , for seriously doing a hell of a lot of maths homework |
| 26 | They offered not only to plant a tree in my name , if I applied for a policy , but also the choice of a free radio alarm clock or a telephone . |
| 27 | With this in mind , I applied for a post-registration course , and eagerly looked forward to benefiting from a new , challenging and mature approach to nurse education . |
| 28 | I applied for a job at Anglia as a news reporter . |
| 29 | No because , I applied for a lot of jobs |
| 30 | I applied for a research fellowship at Gonville and Caius College ( pronounced Keys ) . |