Example sentences of "[pron] for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cicely apologised for not being at Q.T. Day to thank everyone for supporting this Gala event . |
| 2 | Suddenly she was angry with everyone for involving her in all this . |
| 3 | Thank you everyone for taking the trouble to write . |
| 4 | WE had a lovely time in Lourdes , I want to thank everyone for looking after us both . |
| 5 | Beryl welcomed Kay Evans and thanked her on behalf of everyone for finding time in her busy life to attend our training days and for the interest she always shows in all we do . |
| 6 | The Bishop thanked everyone for travelling all the way from St Columba 's on Walney Island , St Wilfrid 's , Preston and many other parishes on such an inhospitable day and reminded the packed Cathedral that ‘ They choose to throw in their lot with us , it 's as simple as that . |
| 7 | Abruptly she looked away , hating him , hating herself , hating everyone for putting her in this horribly vulnerable position . |
| 8 | Pauline began the Meeting by thanking everyone for attending the important meeting before lunch and for their concern for our future . |
| 9 | Could n't hear nothing for splashing ! |
| 10 | C&G 's 1 million-plus members , who will also have to approve the merger at a special meeting , will receive nothing for voting ‘ yes ’ . |
| 11 | Getting nothing for doing nothing . |
| 12 | You know , when you get paid twenty pounds a night for driving the minibus , and you get paid nothing for running the P A , and it takes equally long if not , if not |
| 13 | Aye , well you get nothing for grumbling do ya ? |
| 14 | For most of the leaders among the Owenites the distinction only showed itself in their recognition that the Bill had done nothing for working people ; that since the prime need , as they saw it , was to act directly to remove the evils of a system which grievously oppressed the lives of working people , the Bill had been at best an irrelevance , at worst a distraction . |
| 15 | The other day , some man attacked me for using the phrase ‘ biological clock ’ . |
| 16 | Mr today congratulated me for slapping Anthony . |
| 17 | ‘ Pardon me for livin' , lady . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Pardon me for jumping to erroneous conclusions . |
| 19 | Pardon me for thinking they were important , pardon me for feeling beautiful and lyrical , pardon me for loving you . |
| 20 | Now he keeps blamin' me for keepin' her clean . |
| 21 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
| 22 | In which case forgive me for writing as I have done . |
| 23 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 24 | Excuse me for swearing but I 'm just repeating what she said … |
| 25 | I suppose that 's your way of punishing me for kissing you yesterday evening . |
| 26 | ‘ Can you blame me for holding the very opinion which you deliberately instigated ? |
| 27 | And now when it comes in a miracle , you wonder at me for looking twice , thrice , four times , to see if it comes through ivory or horn . |
| 28 | Three years of being a member of the Campaign Team at AI had not prepared me for seeing human rights abuses first hand . |
| 29 | The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art produced his Shut up and Sing in 1960 and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art , where he was music director from 1963 to 1973 , produced his Excuse Me for Living in 1964 . |
| 30 | ‘ My son was very cross with me for burdening you with the basket of flowers . ’ |