In the interests of not making a scene, she kept the request polite.

It was a command, not a question or even a polite request.

To one of these the man with the white hair made a polite request for information.

First the meeting, the polite request to back off, and then the attack.

'Please' is generally used in a polite request when asking someone to do something.

He did his best to sound casual, to make it a polite request rather than begging.

Their aim is to show concern and make a clear, polite request.

There was a polite request to see some current player credentials.

At the polite request of his three children, he no longer smokes in the house.

The number two, its first polite request ignored, demanded attention more loudly.