Example sentences of "when he ask for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , I think , the task which the Home Secretary expects judges to perform when he asks for their advice on the requirements of retribution and deterrence , and the task which the judges do perform . |
| 2 | The crew of the boat on which he was travelling attacked and were about to kill him when he asked for a last favour — to play a tune . |
| 3 | His parents were not surprised when he asked for a lock on his bedroom door before he had reached his teenage years . |
| 4 | He claimed that customers were appalled by the players ' language and that when he asked for order they threatened to punch out his lights . |
| 5 | But when he asked for his toast , a sister told him he would have to eat rolls and jam or go without . |
| 6 | A FRENCH driver took it literally when he asked for directions and was told to ‘ go straight over the roundabout ’ . |
| 7 | The Wisconsin state authorities feel that they have lost enough money on Steve Chen 's dreams — his failed Supercomputer Systems Inc received $75m in incentives from to establish its operations in Eau Claire , and they showed Chen the door when he asked for another $5m to get his fledgling SuperComputers International Inc off the ground in Eau Claire . |
| 8 | When he asked for Hugh Sixsmith at the desk , two men in suits climbed quickly from their chairs . |
| 9 | Mrs Stevens eventually gave him 5/ and when he asked for clothing suggested that he look in a nearby workman 's shed . |
| 10 | That was certainly the impression he gave to Taheb 's gatekeeper , a squat man with one wall-eye , who appraised him pessimistically with the other when he asked for the mistress of the house . |
| 11 | Halfway round the ring when he asked for little more collection she offered no resistance and they moved as one into an easy working trot rising . |
| 12 | The halt , when he asked for it , was square . |
| 13 | His Principal looked at him suspiciously when he asked for the day off , and he stuttered , ‘ She brought me up , you know . ’ |
| 14 | When he asked for an artificial leg for his newly amputated right leg he was told not only that he could n't have one , but he 'd also have to give up his existing left false leg , which he 'd had for six years . |