Example sentences of "he asked [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the minimum of props and the only gesture being a raised paw , he asked for the money for a cup of coffee , guv , sported a patch over one eye concealing a wound sustained in the service of his country , at the same time dragging a wooden leg fitted during the retreat from Moscow while maintaining that he had a bitch and five pups to support and did not know where his next meal was coming from . |
| 2 | Quietly he asked for the Standard and handed across his money between the jutting arms ; he did n't want any trouble . |
| 3 | He tipped his seat back and zipped his jacket right up and he asked for the music to go on again , and he lay there in the dark with the music on , feeling warm in the middle of the freezing night , and he could feel himself smiling . |
| 4 | He asked for the divorce to be put off , which the King said was Mrs Simpson 's business , and he urged that she should go away for six months . |
| 5 | His Principal looked at him suspiciously when he asked for the day off , and he stuttered , ‘ She brought me up , you know . ’ |
| 6 | Mr Morris , whose own house suffered relatively little damage , said he realised the potential danger early on Thursday evening when he asked for the river to be kept clear of debris before the level grew too high . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Newcastle clearly had n't heard of Sunderland , so he asked for the Wearside number . |
| 9 | Only one contestant appeared and at the end of the prescribed waiting period , the hour of nine he asked for the non-appearance of his adversary to be legally recorded . |
| 10 | ‘ How does it work ? , ’ he asked for the sake of British tabloid papers . |
| 11 | If he asked him to pass the screwdriver he passed the hammer and if he asked for the hammer , he passed the nearest broomhandle , which was usually in another room altogether . |
| 12 | In a Northern Ireland accent he asked for the manager 's office . |
| 13 | While one takes into account the concern of Calvin and the reformers for the balance between the light of scripture and the inner light and direction given to individuals an experience vouchsafe for countless times in both the Old and New Testaments also remembering our lord 's own use of silence in prayer and I believe the increasing use of silence in modern worship and may I also say how very impressed I was by Dr 's prayer at the opening of this assembly in which he asked for the guidance of God and indeed your own equally eloquent prayer on Sunday evening Moderator open to the prompting and leading and guiding of God 's spirit . |
| 14 | and he asked at the pier for my father |
| 15 | So when was it you decided you 'd like the money back ? ’ he asked with the air of one who was prepared to enter into a lengthy discussion on the subject . |
| 16 | Shall we dance some more ? ’ he asked as the record finally came to an end . |
| 17 | When the taxi driver spotted the police he asked about the goods but was told to keep driving . |
| 18 | When he asked about the lack of black faces , he was told that no blacks had qualified for the university because of the institution 's high standards . |
| 19 | Yes , he asked about the schools in the parish as well , and about the situation in and . |
| 20 | She said : ‘ He asked about the bureau and I said I had nowhere to put the things from it so he went into the wardrobe and cleared a shelf and said put it in there . |
| 21 | ‘ How did you find me ? ’ he asked in the end . |
| 22 | ‘ And how come you 're not doing your secretarial course today ? ’ he asked in the Morningside accent which he had drummed into the cast of his production of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ( ‘ Slow-moving' — Evening Argus ) . |
| 23 | This is because he asked from the people a level of commitment that meant even in peacetime they were subjected to strict rule . |
| 24 | ‘ And what must we not say to Feargal ? ’ he asked from the doorway . |
| 25 | ‘ My friend — ’ he meant Georgiades — ‘ he asked among the men and they say he was not one of them . ’ |
| 26 | He asked after the Queen and the prince replied : ‘ She is in very good spirits . |