Example sentences of "the [noun sg] asked for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buyer asked for a copy of the restrictions ; they were not forthcoming , the seller having no copy . |
| 2 | In July 1947 , the Ministry asked for a statement concerning the hospital premises and funds . |
| 3 | The developer asked for a set of QA listings to assess for himself if the person assigned to QA would approve the package . |
| 4 | The Queen asked for a three-month cooling off period . |
| 5 | To support his claim the Council asked for an ‘ amicable grant ’ — an unparliamentary levy of one-sixth on the income of the laity and one-third on the income of the clergy . |
| 6 | The question asked for the total wage bill and went on : |
| 7 | I took my TV to be repaired and the shop asked for a £35 deposit which I paid . |
| 8 | The fact that the P.M. asked for the processes of selection of his successor to be undertaken in the middle of a party conference was bound to create consternation , confusion and intrigue , and indeed it did . |
| 9 | The plaintiff asked for the whole of the profits on the brassieres but the defendant said that the account of profits should only be based on the profit resulting from the wrongful use of the confidential information ; that is , the profit relating to the parts of the brassieres incorporating the confidential information . |
| 10 | All he could remember was that TOWs were shipped at some point ; that ‘ the price asked for the military was twelve million two ’ ; that the aircraft could turn round and abort the delivery if the hostages were not released , which he thought was ‘ a most unusual thing ’ ; and that it was definitely not ‘ the Khomeini ’ with whom he had been doing business . |
| 11 | On being told that the men still unaccounted for could not be contacted by the trapped men , the Manager asked for a volunteer to go down from the surface and search inwards from the main shaft . |
| 12 | The bank asked for an independent appraisal . |
| 13 | Of course , the official asked for the father 's details , saw there was a profit to be made from the information and went straight to Lehmann . ’ |
| 14 | The petitioner asked for an order not to remove from care and control of petitioner . |
| 15 | The panel asked for the new data to be published as a correction to the original paper . |