The part of the sentence "we got a request from" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe a situation where someone asked for something. For example: "We got a request from the local hospital for supplies to help with the relief effort."
"Amusingly, we got a request from the Americans to channel requests for information from Abu Abd through the Americans.
Amusingly, we got a request from the Americans to channel requests for information from [Belhaj] through the Americans.
"Amusingly, we got a request from the Americans to channel requests for information from Abu Abd Allah through the Americans.
In one, an engineer in a recording booth said, "We got a request from Ahmet — play that song by the Olympics that's been killin' them at the club.
In a letter from 2004, the British counterterrorism chief, Mark Allen, wrote confidingly to his Libyan counterpart, Moussa Koussa, about the recent rendition of an Islamist fighter known as Abu Abdallah: "Amusingly, we got a request from the Americans to channel requests for information from Abu Abdallah through the Americans.
"We got a request from the opposition to the government to run the event and Carlos met with many people, including those working on the circuit, those in all the suburbs of the capital, and the report came back after that.
And if you do something bad and we get a request from the police, we will hand over your details".
"When we get a request from someone who served during that time period, more often than not, we have nothing," he said.
We got a request in last night from one of our readers to try out the free "Aurora Feint" game, available for the iPhone and iPod Touch in the new iTunes App Store.
"We've got a request from Australian authorities to search the area, and we will assist as long as needed," said Kristian Olsen, a spokesman at Hoegh Autoliners.
He recently got a request from a prospective purchaser in Michigan for a waterfront lot.
