Sentence examples for patron asking for from inspiring English sources

For Del Cossa, rediscovered because he wrote a letter to his patron asking for more money, the line between remembrance and oblivion is especially thin.

Patron asked for "Soda, double-decker, all black" which meant portion of chocolate cream.

One day, as he tells it, a patron asked for a custom sandwich of roast turkey, spicy sausage stuffing and cranberry spread.

Mr. Chang's efficiency was questionable: he'd start grinding the meat and shredding the cabbage when someone ordered dumplings, and often began a batch of stock only when the first patron asked for hot-and-sour soup.

And when the applause and furor died down after its close, some patrons asked for "Gunga Din".

At the Tea Lounge in Park Slope, Mr. Moscovitch and Mr. Wolf said they would not mind if their patrons asked for a cup of joe.

The theory is that patrons who hear other patrons ask for specific brands by name may be enticed to do the same, and then perhaps buy those brands later for consumption at home.

Decisions about which books to stock tend to rest in the hands of local library officials, calculations based on what patrons are asking for and how much money a library system has to spend.

A clerk at Barnes and Noble in Union Square, one of the busiest book shops in New York City, said the store has never carried the magazine, but that hasn't stopped dozens of patrons from asking for it.

Patrons often left asking for a bottle of the vinaigrette.

The young John F. Kennedy, Jr., had his hair cut there, and patrons came in asking for the John-John cut.