Example sentences of "asked for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This spelt out in more detail what 5 Corps had learned from Maj-Gen Schmidt-Richberg about the approach of the Army Group E forces from the south , and asked for the specific authorization 5 Corps required to accept the surrender of these enormous numbers of fugitives as " formed bodies " . |
| 2 | ‘ But why ca n't I join Brownies , Mummy ? ’ she asked for the twentieth time . |
| 3 | The Christmas Crib appeal brings in much needed revenue for the work of the society , and Father Gannon asked for the continued support of clergy , schools and people of the diocese . |
| 4 | He wisely asked for the downward transition after a circuit and the mare came down to trot , threw her head up briefly and then rounded again . |
| 5 | The question asked for the total wage bill and went on : |
| 6 | I eventually got back to the switchboard and asked for the neurosurgical bed manager . |
| 7 | There was a red light up , and he was stopped by a policeman as he reached the opposite pavement and duly asked for the appropriate number of marks . |
| 8 | ‘ It is coming ? ’ he asked for the fifth time since they had broken away from the Baglietto . |
| 9 | Flaubert 's niece asked for the traditional cast of the writer 's hand to be taken . |
| 10 | As he asked for the latest report , Marshka thought about the policeman and the Englishman . |
| 11 | After I 'd returned and delivered the order someone else asked for the same service , which I willingly performed again , and yet again . |
| 12 | Sarazen was so sure that Daniels had been the key to his win that he asked for the old boy to be with him when he was presented with the claret jug , saying it was a ‘ team victory ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ What exactly did he take ? ’ he asked for the fourth time . |
| 14 | after the failure of the first implant , asked for the fourth embryo to be thawed and implanted . |
| 15 | In letters to both John Major and Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , he asked for the full cost to be disclosed and expressed concern over the waste of public money . |
| 16 | And it asked for the Scottish Office Guidelines , and those in Lord Justice Butler-Sloss 's Cleveland Report , to be made law . |