Example sentences of "asking for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he was previously in , in prison for del for handing out leaflets , er asking for the Independence or the separation of his bit of Serbia was n't he , from , from the , from the rest . |
| 2 | Firstly , they could send requests to Paris asking for the abolition or limitation of the judicial control of the Parlement in Paris over the duchy 's courts . |
| 3 | Stopping people by asking for the time or change is a favourite mugging trick — especially when there is more than one attacker . |
| 4 | The visit is not ‘ unsolicited , ’ and therefore the Regulations do not apply , if the customer has expressly requested the visit , e.g. by completing and returning a reply paid card asking for the visit or by telephoning asking for it . |
| 5 | In some cases , especially among people of higher status , the letter is regarded as a more polite way of asking for the interview and it helps differentiate the interviewer , when he or she calls , from marauding salesmen . |
| 6 | Well they 're probably just asking you , asking for the answer that I just gave you . |
| 7 | Pupils ' difficulty with the scale ( 4 cm representing 1 m ) was tested by some initial questions asking for the length and width of the room . |