COD: request to do or give something.The allocator was given $10 and asked to divide the cash between himself and the receiver . The crew was accused of trespassing and asked to leave by the police , who were called by the vicar when they arrived A real advantage of his girl , McLeish thought grimly , was that she never lied if asked directly . They were a pair , accepted as a couple and , when asked away for country weekends , went together and stayed together . Their names were taken from Amal 's brother , but by the time they were collected and asked to appear before the police for statements they had taken great pains to prepare their story . On March 18 the public prosecutor in Genoa formally asked the Greek government to extradite Khaled . I asked the Assistant Commissioner to let me go to Helsinki and he refused . As twenty are required it might pay to ask your supplier for a ` bulk discount " . Over the phone , Bock asked the dealer for a detailed description and size of the copper , and set an appointment the following Monday . ` I ca n't imagine what she wants , " Joanna said , ` unless , having quarelled with Robert , she 's going to ask you for a job . " Lastly , general practitioners must feel confident to ask a colleague for advice if poor control of symptoms persists . Greater Manchester Police said that if a local health authority asked the police for assistance the force would respond . By April 12 , Sierra Leone had asked the United States for military assistance . I asked him for something to ease the pain , but he reminded me that he could n't because I had a head wound . During his speech to the Israeli Knesset , he asked forgiveness from Jews who may have suffered in the past at Polish hands . People would stop and ask foreigners in the streets to explain obscure phrases . It resisted her attempts to remove it and she asked the patient to wait while she asked the doctor to look at it . The canon did add an alternative : that we ask God to control it . Reg has remained a bachelor ever since he first asked her to marry him when they were childhood sweethearts in Cirencester . As he took her on a guided tour of the eight-bedroomed mansion , the Prince asked her to organize the interior decoration . Neil is on leave and has asked me to reply to your letter of the 31st March . One drop of water is not much to ask , but the king 's son had none at all . “ I have n't got any idea what they 're going to ask for . I now have need to ask for your help ! There have been people writing in asking for her fans to stop making excuses for her . He suggests using a dial-back modem which intercepts calls , asks for identification then calls back . Things could have been done in an underhand way , but I insisted that Hibs ask for permission to speak to me . She expressed a warm opinion of the piece and asked for more of her work . But she must ask ; beg even , or he 'd be knocking on the kitchen door at Jarman House , asking the Lord knew what favours . In fact I was asked to chair the meeting . Wildlife survey : Bird lovers are being asked to help in a survey on threatened farmland birds . The existing equity holders may also be asked to participate in a further round of equity raising , for around 10 per cent of the total . They asked that their wrists be untied . When she was rescued by the local authorities and given her present welfare flat , she asked that her address be kept a secret . The Governors considered the job description too vague and asked that it be made precise . Anna was murdered by a man who was out on bail accused of rape , even though the police had asked that he be kept in custody . Officials also talk of an ` armageddon scenario " , asking that Britain secure international agreement to accommodate millions of Hong Kong refugees in the event of Tiananmen-style repression after 1997 . Was she going to ask that the ` Grace of Our Lord , Jesus Christ " should come down and settle upon me ? One of the parents involved in the Orkney case actually asked that the hearing should be held either that day or the next , to comply with this section of the Act . She did , however , ask that Christine send her a photograph . As discussed at our initial meeting , you have asked that we do not inform your auditors of our involvement on this assignment . No , I was simply asked to be General Chairman of the first dinner to raise funds for Aids . The issue gets even more complicated when I 'm asked to define multiple orgasm . He took it down when asked to do so . About 20 per cent indicated the circumference , and seven per cent the diameter , when asked to give the radius . Charity asked to have Charles 's letter read to her . When subjects are interrupted on going to sleep and asked to report any mental activity whatsoever they usually have something to say about what was going on in their minds . Neither of them asked to see a girl called Evelyn Harris and Jackie guessed correctly that her letter had gone astray , though he never said as much to her . In all the months that she 'd been going out with Adrian , he 'd never once asked to talk to her like that , in that special way , during school time . Netanyahu stated : I was told that China ... reached an important decision not to provide the means for building an atomic reactor which Iran asked China to supply ... We welcome this as something that is very important and hope it will serve as a guiding light to other countries in their contacts with Iran .Second , there are reports that Kim Il Sung asked China to share its nuclear weapons technology following China 's first nuclear test in October 1964 , but Chairman Mao refused .After the IAEA was denied access to North Korea 's suspect waste sites in early 1993 , the Agency moved to ask the UN Security Council for special ad hoc inspections , but on 12 March 1993 , North Korea announced its intention to withdraw from the NPT .The Clinton administration announced that it would ask the UN Security Council to impose economic sanctions , but Pyongyang then declared that it would consider economic sanctions `` an act of war . ''Biologists at Fort Detrick 's newest biodefense center may be asked to make some of the world 's deadliest microbes even more dangerous than they already are .First , he forbade seeking the aid of infidels when the Syrian Mujahiddin asked Saddam Hussein to overthrow the regime of Hafiz Al-Assad in Syria .Take back the stuff which Ayman asked you to carry to Saudi Arabia .When asked by Xinhua if there is any plan for him to meet Iraq officials , he said `` I have not been asked to meet any top Iraqi officials .The only person you can discuss work with is your direct commander ( Amir ) , unless you are asked to do otherwise or if your work demands participation of others , and then through guidance of the leadership .After the cleaning in AlbuFahd , the brothers killed three of the spies in his tribe , and for the first time there was no reaction against the brothers , but instead he came to them , asking for forgiveness , and he 's ready to cooperate .Several weeks later he was asked -- then ordered -- to vacate the room to make room for high rollers , whereupon he promptly bought the property and fired the management .The gift that I am asking you to make will be used to continue our mission of helping people prepare for , find and keep jobs .You should always ask for a certificate of guarantee when you buy gold or jewelry .The gift that I am asking you to make will be used to continue our mission of helping people prepare for , find and keep jobs .Today we are asking you to take a few minutes to consider making a contribution to Pleasant Run to help the 1,500 children families we care for .We are asking you to consider sponsoring one of our families for this holiday season .Two of them told me yesterday that as a group they decided they had to earn the right to ask others for help by accomplishing something real to help themselves .Therefore , we are asking you to donate 45 , $10 gift certificates that can be used toward the purchase of school supplies or clothing , in the total amount of $450 .With this in mind , I am asking each one of you to make a personal contribution of $50 , $100 or even $1,000 to show that you believe in the work that we do and are willing to support it with both your time and your finances .This way when we go out to ask for community support and are asked about our board giving level , we can show our in-house commitment through 100% board participation .This way when we go out to ask for community support and are asked about our board giving level , we can show our in-house commitment through 100% board participation .We 're asking for a contribution in the amount of because you ca n't got a better bang for your buck than to support an organization that impacts so many lives in so many ways .As you begin that process this year , I would like to ask you to consider helping young people in Marion County toward more positive youth development by becoming a supporter of the Marion County Commission on Youth, Inc.When Chatterbox asked the Journal 's DC bureau chief , Alan Murray , who exercised good judgment in not breaking the Broaddrick story ( and -- full disclosure -- is Chatterbox 's former boss ) , to comment about a Journal employee 's feeding sources to the Times , he replied : `` I do n't really have any comment on what the edit page did .Nearly 45 percent of those asked to state the present law on abortion could not give the correct answer .Clarke told us , `` I asked the FBI , Dale Watson . . . to handle that , to check to see if that was all right with them , to see if they wanted access to any of these people , and to get back to me .Although White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card remembered someone telling him about the Saudi request shortly after 9/11 , he said he had not talked to the Saudis and did not ask anyone to do anything about it .'' We ask every nation to join us . ''I played all three , and the few other G.I.s in the room , which was quite large—big enough for a fair-sized dance with a small orchestra—either paid no attention or asked me to put on something by Glenn Miller or Jimmy or Tommy Dorsey instead .I looked up the word preceding and was , after a brief moment , asked to type in the word , which I did .She boldly marched into a bookstore and asked the salesclerk for a copy each of Hemingway 's The Sun Come Up Again and Throw Away the Gun and Steinbeck 's The Angry Grape .USAT 's off-lead reports that at yesterday 's presidential press conference , the first questioner asked Bill Clinton to distinguish between his case and Richard Nixon 's use of executive privilege .They were asked to reply ( yes or no ) to the use of tap water for brushing teeth , washing vegetables , consuming beverages containing ice made from tap water both inside and outside the home .Hopping 's letter : `` Never Ask a Uruguayan Waitress for a Little Box : She Might Apply Her Foot to Your Eyelet , '' by John Cassidy [ X ,1 ] ; `` Mrs .Spiegelman and collaborators [ 34 35 ] asked bacteriophage Qβ only to `` go forth and replicate '' in the medium containing Qβ replicase , and numerous functions were lost .LSC 's grantees were asked to:In one sense they are , but if people were to pay hard cash to watch a belly dancer only to find that it was a man , I think they might have some justification in asking for their money back .OMB also asked that the Commission examine the burden associated with `` third party reporting '' and ensure that this burden was reflected in the Commission 's final rule .The LAT and WP do a good job explaining the German background to the story -- last fall , Germany 's Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder , aware of the sensitive mix of the larger number of Kurds and Turks in his country , decided not to ask Italy to hand Ocalan over on an outstanding arrest warrant .Jackson met the boys two years ago when he was visiting the country and they asked for his autograph .I am asking that you consider supporting our efforts once again this year with a similar gift .Dawkins asks us to imagine the myriad forms of life inhabiting a vast mountain .The judge also made another ruling that gets less attention : he refused to order Microsoft to stop asking business partners to sign `` non-disclosure '' provisions that require notifying Microsoft when passing information along to the government .For the last 24 years , students at the University of California , Santa Cruz have been able to ask their professors for written evaluations instead of the standard grades .The Times does n't say ) seeking damages and asking that she be prevented from making interview or book deals allowing her to profit from the death .Not only can employers ask , they can require it ; and if you refuse more than once to do something your employer has asked just because nobody put it in your job description , you might even be denied unemployment benefits when they fire you .George Pataki , R- N.Y. , said he will ask the state athletic commission to investigate the fight .3. `` Standard & Poor's said Pakistan had effectively defaulted on its bonds when it asked current investors to swap their old bonds for new ones .Last week , the NYT reported that for the first time ever the U.S. military has asked for the power to take charge in the case of major terrorist strikes on American soil .25 billion in assets two Swiss banks may pay to survivors this week , they must fill out forms asking them to : `` Please describe , in as much detail as you can , where the Subject was from 1934 to 1945 . ''Greece 's government yesterday asked its European Union allies for help .