Example sentences of "you for [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Thank you for thank Mr , Mr can we leave your point on one side while while we address the A fifty nine . |
2 | So I 'm very grateful to you for sticking with us and getting away from your traditions for this half hour . |
3 | ‘ Your plans are quite praiseworthy , Sophie , and I respect you for sticking to them . |
4 | ‘ Thank you for pointing this out , ’ says Collins . |
5 | Excuse me for that er actually erm and I am grateful to you for pointing out really an area which is always going to cause erm a degree of difficulty . |
6 | Thank you for pointing this out to us . |
7 | It 's certainly something we 're all gon na have too er adjust too , thank you for pointing it out that the United States is going to have such enormous influence er from , from now on , we 're all going to have to get used to it and er get used to how to deal with it . |
8 | ‘ Thank you for hearing me out , Bill . |
9 | gon na give it you for microwaving if you wanted it . |
10 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
11 | ‘ Thank you for saving my life , ’ Nell heard herself saying . |
12 | It 's sufficient to say that Clyde thanks you for saving his family , but then finds out there 's one Demon left . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Dear Sir and Ladies — We would like to say thank you for saving the train and stopping a very bad accident . |
15 | She took you for granted , as though she 'd always known you , that was really what it was . |
16 | I have obviously been taking you for granted . ’ |
17 | For taking you for granted . ’ |
18 | ‘ I 'll never take you for granted again . |
19 | Look , David , thank you for helping me . |
20 | I would like to thank you for helping my case by removing the names of my coauthors — Jim Bull and Robert Paxton — from the article ‘ Why some insects look pretty nasty ’ ( 6 January , p 26 ) . |
21 | Blaney did n't reply , but stared hard at Dalgliesh as if assessing the sincerity of that simple statement , and then said curtly , ‘ Thank you for helping the children , ’ and lifted his son from Dalgliesh 's shoulder . |
22 | ‘ Thank you for helping me , ’ she said coldly . |
23 | I only want you to know that I 'm very grateful to you for helping me become Joe 's apprentice . ’ |
24 | ‘ Thank you for helping the men with the hay , ’ she continued . |
25 | ‘ Bless you for helping me out with the Watsons . |
26 | As always , I am grateful to you for helping with our recruitment leaflet , a copy of which I have enclosed . |
27 | ‘ I can not blame you for helping your wife . |
28 | ‘ 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 . |
29 | ‘ Thank you for helping Carl , ’ says the magician . |
30 | ‘ Thank you for helping Mark ; I — ’ |