Sentence examples for asked for a small from inspiring English sources
As they strolled, a homeless man approached and asked for a small contribution.
One executive involved in the negotiations said Mr. Letterman had asked for a small raise, to $31.5 million.
Any self-respecting kid always asked for a small slice of both, with ice cream as well, thank you.
It turned out that she was not as reluctant to talk as Mr Mandela had said, although she asked for a small fee before granting an interview.
True to form, I ordered mine à la mode, and Betsey asked for a small piece, hold the ice cream, please.
Counting himself lucky to have persuaded W.H. Auden and Chester Kallman to write the libretto, he asked for "a small group of characters, rather like the one in 'Così fan tutte,"' and was richly rewarded with characters stuffed with personality.
In a first experiment, with 283 people, only 1 percent asked for a smaller portion of a starchy side dish when none was explicitly offered.
Instead, Lavagnino recalled, the director asked for a smaller, darker-hued ensemble, and proposed that the piano part be conjoined with a closely miked harpsichord.
"The EU asked for a smaller share of our total 2016 contributions in the first three months of the year than in previous years," a spokesman said.
For RTTT, he said, the Education Department had asked "for a smaller percent of money to reward excellence and courage".
