Sentence examples for asked for a certain from inspiring English sources

He asked for a certain amount and I agreed.

Another customer asked for a certain kind of Christmas light.

A friend of ours phoned the Chase Manhattan Bank last Tuesday and asked for a certain vice-president.

When Cousin Mathilda offered the writer something from a group of family heirlooms, he asked for a certain lowboy, though he was not especially anxious to have it.

In reviewing the McDonald's application, Southold planners asked for a certain architectural style, landscaping and setbacks, which the company complied with, Mr. McMahon said.

The New Yorker, May 7 , 1960P. 37 A friend of ours phoned the Chase Manhattan Bank last Tuesday and asked for a certain vice-president.

Every day, around noon, he'd get an e-mail from P2S asking for a certain number of turtle people to work on the beach that night.

When he's asking for a certain pacing, he's got a clock ticking in his own head for the entire arc of the film".

"I'll ask for a certain amount of material, and they'll show up with twice the amount we need," said Mr. Purnama, shaking his head in disbelief.

"If a customer would ask for a certain kind of coffee, he would say, 'No, wait a minute, let me make a mix,"' said Richard Pascale, his friend and longtime boss.

"At that first Mozart rehearsal," he said, "I was apprehensive that I would ask for a certain thing and someone would come up and say: 'Maestro, I've actually written my doctoral dissertation on that grace note.