Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] you for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was easier to believe in the impossible when you were tucked up in bed and half-asleep , than when you were walking the wet , comfortless streets , and the bloke you loved was on a bus going in the opposite direction , staring hopelessly out of the window , and wondering how on earth he was ever going to marry you , with no savings and going into the Army next week and a widowed mother who imagined herself an invalid and hated you for taking away her son . |
| 2 | I do n't handle stolen property , and damn you for suggesting I do ! |
| 3 | Ever since we met , my dear , so gently and subtly you 've been teaching me , you and Miguelito , and instead of thanking you I had this attack of childish pique and blamed you for hurting my feelings ! |
| 4 | At their recent meeting Nether Wyresdale Parish Council asked me to write and thank you for allowing the seat from Snowhill to be kept on your property after it had been removed from its base . |
| 5 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 6 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 7 | " Thank you for the tea — and thank you for allowing me to join your table . " |
| 8 | ‘ Goodbye , my dear , and thank you for stopping to talk to me . ’ |
| 9 | And thank you for phoning in . |
| 10 | ‘ Thank you , Nelson , and thank you for taking over my shift . ’ |
| 11 | She rather thought then that they would be returning to their hotel , and , because she had enjoyed everything so much , she added sincerely , ‘ And thank you for taking me around , and for showing me so much . ’ |
| 12 | I did the ones , I 've done the ones that were before that and thank you for taking part in |
| 13 | Your sermon was inspiring , and thank you for sharing this moving service with so many all round the country , so that we felt as one with your own congregation … |
| 14 | Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me . |
| 15 | Welcome and thank you for inviting me to your ceremony . |
| 16 | We , the young people of this area , extend our greetings to you and thank you for listening to us on this Youth Sunday . |
| 17 | And thank you for joining us . |
| 18 | Well it er to be here and thank you for coming to the meeting . |
| 19 | Thank you very much and thank you for coming down and talking to us today . |
| 20 | So thank you very much indeed , for coming , for addressing us , and we look forward I think both at national level and as you suggest , at local level with ever more valuable and productive relationships with the private sector , together with the other partners which , er , whom we need , and thank you for leading us along this |
| 21 | A few minutes later he rose and I heard him say , ‘ Goodnight and thank you for giving me your interesting reminiscences . ’ |
| 22 | Thank you for your letter and thank you for letting us see your nine-volume Complete History of Wimbledon . |
| 23 | Congratulations , and thank you for responding so wonderfully . |
| 24 | You can soon go and ask them cos some git 's gon na be coming over and hitting you for taking the |
| 25 | I said , ‘ but thank you for warning me , my dear friend . ’ |
| 26 | But thank you for giving me the hope , coat peg to hang some further comment . |
| 27 | Then when a photographer asked if he could take his picture , Penn said , ‘ Please do n't , but thank you for asking . ’ |
| 28 | But thank you for asking , ’ Bernice muttered angrily . |
| 29 | Struggling to make himself heard above the chants of the crowd , the manager said : ‘ I have only been on Teesside for ten months , but thank you for making it memorable so far . |