Many have come to ask for vengeance on that head," said the voice of the Queen of the Heavens, "and many more shall come.
HE doesn't ask for a doctor, and, womanlike, she forgets to pay the bills.
But then he grew to like it, and to ask for it, and be cross when he was refused.
Sometimes, it was true, he might have pocketed his fee on the spot, had he cared to ask for it.
Did John take the boy away, said she, she was afraid she would have to ask for a larger housekeeping allowance.
It is not an obstacle to my projects," continued Mademoiselle Thuillier; "but it serves to explain why I ask for Celeste a little more time; and also why I have wished all along to postpone the marriage to a later date.
After all, he was not going to ask for anything; he went under the pretext of renewing an affair in which Cerizet had taken part, and Cerizet never took part in anything unless he had a personal interest in it.
And with an air of profound secrecy, she added: "On going yesterday to the Hotel de Chalusse to ask for a little help, I heard of the great misfortune.
I will enter the nearest cafe andask for a directory," he said to himself.
Colls thinks he mistook himself for a felon, and was going to ask for mercy.
There, where we have so little to offer besides a welcome, none but true friends will come near us; indeed, there are very few I should venture to ask for such a proof of fidelity to your broken friend, R.
Then, being alone with her, the miserable man unable to say no, unwilling to say yes, tried to persuade her not to ask for Alfred.
The door of one resisted, and then yielded with a crack, and blew out the candle.
Oh, what a fool I was to ask for Mrs. Tenbruggen's advice!
Ask for papa," I whispered as he ascended the house-steps.
For, since my release, your friend Wei has been here to ask for my daughter in marriage.
She came to Mrs. Armadale to ask for money, under a plea of distress.
Taking counsel of his experience as a magistrate, Mr. Brock inquired if the woman had come to ask for money.
Do you suppose that I, by birth and marriage a royal princess, would debase myself so far as to ask for my son's wife the daughter of a harlot who drove the hapless queen to her grave?
Not only the canaille are here, but, as I was hurrying to the corps de garde to ask for protection, I saw more than one well-dressed personage descend from his carriage and come thither to increase the number of our enemies.
But the long march has exhausted his troops, and he has written to ask for re-enforcements.
True--I never thought Prince Eugene had any vocation for the priesthood; and, knowing his disinclination to the church, I myself advised him to ask for a commission in the army.
Thus it is good not even to entertain a thought about a deposit other than that of restoring it, when they who made it ask for it again.
He was requested to call together a Convention of the Estates of Scotland, to fix the fourteenth of March for the day of meeting, and, till that day, to take on himself the civil and military administration.
Disputants labouring under these disadvantages would scarcely, even with truth on their side, have been able to make head against men whose style is eminently distinguished by simple purity and grace.
He had caused it to be announced that, at every church in the kingdom, a collection would be made under his sanction for their benefit.
The most arbitrary princes had never accounted it an offence in a subject modestly and peaceably to represent his grievances and to ask for relief.
The King wanted fourteen hundred thousand pounds: but the ministers saw that it would be vain to ask for so large a sum.
Ronquillo, conscious that he and his court had not deserved ill of the English nation, had thought it unnecessary to ask for soldiers: but the mob was not in a mood to make nice distinctions.
When you need my help, ask for it without scruple, Dame Dodier," said the old crone.
Sire, the kindness your majesty deigns to evince towards me is a recompense which so far surpasses my utmost ambition that I have nothing more to ask for.
With much pleasure, your excellency, if it would amuse you; and I will get you the torch you ask for.
Why, I have as much money as I want; mother Assunta always furnishes me when I ask for it!
The inspector asked if they had anything else to ask for.
If it was anybody else, I should have a right to ask for interest; for, after all, business is business, but I will let you off the interest.
A man does not go down on his knees to ask for what he has had already.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ask for" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
