Example sentences of "[pers pn] for having " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at last I learned to know what a lie was : to induce my mother to stop beating me I would lie — I would say , yes , I had lied and was sorry , and then she would whip me for having withheld the admission so long . |
| 2 | When it disappeared from the catalogue and by chance I was offered a knighthood , I always said that the Queen , coming as she does from an angling family , was compensating me for having had my name taken out of Hardy 's catalogue . |
| 3 | ‘ Well ! ’ he said , ‘ I hope you 'll forgive me for having knocked you down that day . ’ |
| 4 | He wanted to thank me for having such an undying belief in his footballing ability and for working tirelessly to further his career in soccer . |
| 5 | The ground staff at Edinburgh were very helpful , and when we finally boarded ( in really raw and biting cold and -2 degrees centigrade ) thanked me for having my luggage so clearly labelled as it had helped them get it to the hold doors for immediate removal at Brussels . |
| 6 | Curse me for having nothing in this world to give him but gratitude ! ’ |
| 7 | Blame me for having it sprung on you like this . |
| 8 | Forgive me for having addressed you so informally , Miss Bishop . ’ |
| 9 | Oh I asked him to go to the insurance company and find out whether I 'm covered with them for having my aerial replaced and I wrote a letter asking if he could be empowered to sign the claim form for me |
| 10 | I am very sorry to trouble you with this and I am most grateful to you for having returned the documents so promptly . |
| 11 | Sir , — I am grateful to you for having given me a right of reply to the article which appeared on p 20 of the October issue of ACCOUNTANCY , IoT campaigns for rejection . |
| 12 | And , if you 're travelling solo , no one 's going to compensate you for having to change your plans at the last minute . |
| 13 | I know how much thought and care you have expended on this wonderful work of art which is such a joy to look at , and I , as the proud possessor of this house , can never be sufficiently grateful to you for having given so much of your time in order to give me pleasure . |
| 14 | It would seem that she and her uncle are less than soul-mates and , of course , she will be feeling suitably grateful to you for having permitted her to speak to her folks . |
| 15 | ‘ Thank you for having me , ’ she said , grotesquely enough . |
| 16 | ‘ Thank you for having me . ’ |
| 17 | Thank you for having us . |
| 18 | Bye , thank you for having us . |
| 19 | she said who do you pay the bill to ? , to I says the post office , well do n't they pay you for having their telephone |
| 20 | And although we often hear about different jobs being of different sorts of status , they 're on a ladder of status , its for unemployed people the situation is very often as if you 've actually been kicked off this ladder and this is what people say when they describe being unemployed as being on the scrap heap and so on , it 's as if you 've been expelled from this particular world where erm people respect you for having a job and know that you 're contributing . |
| 21 | On his visit to the château and lunch in the mess there , he singled out Charles with his black buttons and strange headdress and commiserated with him for having to put up with an attachment to what he called ‘ These rather superior beings ’ . |
| 22 | With such charm and grace does he distribute his roses among them that it is easy to forgive him for having — alas ! — one rose too few . |
| 23 | She also felt very angry with him for having taken an overdose . |
| 24 | I salute him for having the courage to come off the fence ; though he leaves many of his colleagues still perching there . |
| 25 | We do not condemn him for having being successful , but we do condemn a social security system which is prepared to help Mr Deaves indefinitely when other struggling families who do not meet the DSS 's criteria are thrown out of modest homes . |
| 26 | She loved him for having the consideration to stop now . |
| 27 | ‘ It ca n't be much fun living next door to Dersingham and having to be grateful to him for having given you a living . |
| 28 | However , when I heard his speech , I was very grateful to him for having raised the issue in such a way . |
| 29 | Once again raising the issue of Clinton 's avoidance of service in the Vietnam war , Bush denounced him for having participated in anti-war demonstrations while residing as a student in the UK , and also questioned the nature of a European holiday in 1969 in which Clinton had visited Moscow . |
| 30 | Perversely , she was cross with him for having survived when she had spent the weekend fretting . |