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The phrase "asking for instructions" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to express the act of requesting guidance or directions on how to proceed with a task.
Example: "I found myself asking for instructions on how to operate the new software during the training session."
Alternatives: "requesting guidance" or "seeking directions".
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Minutes before the vote he got a text message from a legislator asking for instructions.
But soon he was writing Rimbaud passionate letters, asking for instructions about how they would live together.
But he has received calls and e-mail messages from other runners and their tour companies asking for instructions.
In early March he sent to Constantinople asking for instructions.
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There, as Mr. Draper recalls the episode, a fellow inmate asked for instructions on hacking into the telephone network.
By Russell Maloney and Harold J. Rappaport The New Yorker, December 24 , 1938P. 9 A woman entered a knitting goods store and asked for instructions about making a dog's sweater.
The New Yorker, December 24 , 1938P. 9 A woman entered a knitting goods store and asked for instructions about making a dog's sweater.
At 3 A.M., Lynch was finally ready to shoot the dwarf scene, in which a studio executive, played by Robert Katima, pushes an intercom outside Mr. Roque's office and asks for instructions.
In their letter to the ICO today, Google said they wanted to delete the remaining data and asked for instructions on how to proceed.
Those who make the cut are then paid to make an observed "test clean," in which the founders look for how the candidates interact with the customer, how/if they ask for instructions, along with the quality of their work.
Quincys assistant gunnery officer, sent to the bridge to ask for instructions, reported on what he found: Quincy sank, bow first, at 02 38.
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