Example sentences of "[verb] you for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I 've read things in papers people are supposed to have said and think , ‘ You obnoxious twat , I hate you for saying that , ’ but I know there 's gay people out there who read that thing in NME and know it 's a load of bollocks . |
| 32 | I almost hate you for talking to me like this , when you know how you 've ruined my life ! |
| 33 | They 'd nick you for lifting the wallet , and me as well probably , for helping you . |
| 34 | ‘ Something like that … though I would n't have thanked you for saying so . ’ |
| 35 | ‘ I never saw anyone like you for enjoying doing nothing , ’ Emmie said . |
| 36 | ‘ It looks as if we 've got you for resisting arrest as well , ’ he told her grimly . |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | Who paid you for doing that ? |
| 39 | I do n't handle stolen property , and damn you for suggesting I do ! |
| 40 | I 'm reporting you for idling your time for two minutes . |
| 41 | Putting his arm around his wife 's shoulder , he added : ‘ When I came down the drive to see you I could n't think of a good reason to give you for splitting up . |
| 42 | ‘ I never thanked you for taking me out today , ’ she said quietly , looking up at him . |
| 43 | Oh , Maggie , I 'm sorry I blamed you for telling Felipe . |
| 44 | 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 ! |
| 45 | Erm , I think it fair to say that if you 'd asked more or less to the next meeting and probably sub-committee would be quite , quite acceptable and I would thank you for drawing it to our to our attention . |
| 46 | Movements in foreign exchange rates will affect the sterling value of the principal deposited or borrowed and your finance director will not thank you for saving £50,000 by earning interest at 1 1/2 % above UK rates if you lose £1m when the foreign currency is reconverted to sterling . |
| 47 | Only a man could say such cruel things , ’ and then , belatedly , remembering her manners , which her mama had so often told her she was always forgetting , ‘ But I must thank you for taking me in . |
| 48 | ‘ I do thank you for stopping and not running poor Nellie over . |
| 49 | She wo n't thank you for blackening her late husband 's name . ’ |
| 50 | The herb border can be designed to follow the same principles as those used for the herbaceous or mixed border ; small plants will not thank you for planting them next to towering or buxom plants — they will be smothered in no time . |
| 51 | 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 . |
| 52 | ‘ Your God would not thank you for throwing away your life . |
| 53 | Can I thank you for sharing with us the the example of the concentration , that you put so much in such a short time . |
| 54 | ‘ And I must thank you for consenting to see me . |
| 55 | ‘ If she 's so keen to save a spot of money then she wo n't thank you for cheating her of eight grand . ’ |
| 56 | I must thank you for replying so promptly to the questionnaire which we enclosed with the last issue of The Birmingham Magazine . |
| 57 | I do thank you for finding me - " |
| 58 | ‘ Master Parry , ’ he said , ‘ I must thank you for granting me this interview , so strangely requested . |
| 59 | ‘ Let me help you to put your shoe back on , ’ he said gently , ‘ and I must thank you for coming to my rescue . |
| 60 | First thing , I wan na thank you for coming in . |