Example sentences of "[adj] to you for [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dear Grandfather , I am very much indebted to you for sending me to school , and especially to my present Teachers , who have greatly contributed to my improvement , but to you is due all the knowledge I possess . |
| 2 | " I 'm right grateful to ye for gettin' me this grand dog . |
| 3 | I only want you to know that I 'm very grateful to you for helping me become Joe 's apprentice . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I told you , Murphy , that although I am immensely grateful to you for helping me to repair the shed to make a hen house and for finding me the things I need , these are my hens and I shall look after them . |
| 5 | ‘ Headmaster , I 'm grateful to you for giving me almost sole charge of the boarders . |
| 6 | I 'm therefore doubly grateful to you for giving me the chance to meet you today , and I hope that some of the contacts I might make today will stand me in good stead in the job that I 'm doing in Oxford over the next year or so . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm obliged to you for giving me your time , especially in the circumstances . |