The phrase "asked for shortly" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when requesting something to be provided or done in a brief or quick manner.
Example: "The report you asked for shortly will be ready by the end of the day."
Alternatives: "requested soon" or "sought quickly".
THE FACTS: Ryan himself asked for stimulus funds shortly after Congress approved the $800 billion plan, known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The FBI has enough resources to conduct its Russia investigation, McCabe said, refuting media reports claiming Comey asked for additional resources shortly before he was fired.
Doe originally asked for an abortion shortly after entering the custody of the ORR in January, according to a ruling last week issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Rogol said that it only worked if the test subject had injected H.G.H. shortly before being asked for a sample.
He asked for her business card, left, and shortly thereafter, as he recalled last week, "I felt a tug at my elbow and there was an automatic machine gun at my gut".
Shortly afterward, Dinesh asked for a transfer to his home town (he said that his family needed him), and, to replace him, I found another, even older lady, whom I had met at my teacher's house.
The above picture was taken in the back room of the Putney Half Moon, shortly after I asked for an autograph and blurted out that I'd been to McComb.
The man approached the victim Monday shortly before 7 p.m. and asked for directions, police said.
He asked for unanimous consent to remove the rules change — and shortly after noon, he got it.
Shortly after he sent the papers back, Komura asked for a week off from work.
Shortly after he arrived at Houma, he had asked for six thousand National Guardsmen, to be deployed throughout the coast, but was denied.
