Sentence examples for asked for long from inspiring English sources

Not long ago, a constructor sent in a puzzle that asked for Long John Silver's distinguishing characteristic, in nine letters.

Monmouth County Democratic Party Chairman Vin Gopal, who asked for Long's resignation, said that other Democratic officials in his county who have endorsed the governor will lose party support to serve as county Democratic committee members in the 2014 election cycle.

In the present proposal, no funding is asked for long term follow-up of the child, yet.

At first, Tunisian labourers who sought to work in France travelled with a tourist visa and asked for long-term residence permit after being recruited.

A young girl who has been conducting pen-pal correspondence with a girl her own age in Thailand, receieved a letter the other day that concluded, "And now, Ginny, that we have become good, close friends, I want to ask personal question I have wanted to ask for long time.

By E. Boylan and Philip Hamburger The New Yorker, October 19 , 1968P. 51 A young girl who has been conducting pen-pal correspondence with a girl her own age in Thailand, receieved a letter the other day that concluded, "And now, Ginny, that we have become good, close friends, I want to ask personal question I have wanted to ask for long time.

In honour of Shashthi, women tie a stone in a small rag to the branch of a tree in the shasthitala: a mother does this to ask for long life for her child, while a barren woman does so to entreat the goddess to aid her in conceiving.

To achieve the ultimate in Jennifer Aniston hairstyles, be sure to ask for long layers next time you are at the salon.

"Now that the immediate crisis has passed," Policy Network asks for "long-term strategies to shape our post-recession economies" and "to promote economic growth".

One junior from Brownsville said fear of pregnancy motivated her to ask for long-term contraception rather than relying on condoms and Plan B. Besides, she said, "school is not all year-round".

Dan Livingston, the chief negotiator for a coalition of 31 bargaining units from the various state employees' unions, said Mr. Rowland was asking for long-term concessions without offering a long-term budget plan.