Example sentences of "thank [pron] [prep] [verb] " 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 | WE had a lovely time in Lourdes , I want to thank everyone for looking after us both . |
| 3 | Erm could could I suggest that the committee might like er to ask me to right to the W I to thank them for getting a new piano ? |
| 4 | We have also had support from our colleagues in Brussels ( see article on page 21 of this issue ) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking the lead and to appeal to Johnson Matthey sites around the world to take up the challenge . |
| 5 | A dark giant of a man , possibly Tonio , leaned out of the lorry 's cabin to thank them for pulling out of the way . |
| 6 | Had General Francis not had his two sticks propped against his chair as a tangible reminder of his condition , and had he not , as had now been explained to me , been making this social call to thank me for nursing his son after paying a second professional visit himself to Bernard Remington-Hart , his appearance and that Rolls outside would have frozen Margaret into a prissy caricature of her normal self . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There are other delicious gestures drawing attention to the feet in La Fille Mal Gardée such as Mother Simone gently tapping her clogs as if thanking them for allowing her to show off her particular style of dance . |
| 9 | I bet they 're thanking them for getting two hundred and fifty nicker |
| 10 | The second was a letter to everyone who had volunteered , thanking them for offering to come , and saying when to turn up and what to bring . |
| 11 | And they have had many letters too — thanking them for giving the people of Tawau an electricity supply that is the envy of the rest of Eastern Malaysia . |
| 12 | I am greeted by a timid and frail old man who , clutching his hands nervously , thanks me for coming : a greeting he continues to offer throughout my stay . |
| 13 | Pauline began the Meeting by thanking everyone for attending the important meeting before lunch and for their concern for our future . |
| 14 | ‘ We thank the Government for relaxing these but this is rather like thanking somebody for refraining from hitting you on the head with a heavy stick , ’ said Brendan Burns , the federation 's Scottish-based UK vice-chairman . |
| 15 | Well nobody thanks you for doing without that . |
| 16 | Thanking him for giving me a lift , I sat down in the passenger seat and waited for Chapman to get moving . |
| 17 | The tree was decorated with lights by and his team of engineers , and was such a spectacle it resulted in a letter in the local paper from Santa Claus himself , thanking us for putting it up . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I wish to thank you for listening to what was ‘ said ’ to you and for your integrity in replying publicly and as you did . |
| 20 | ‘ I only wanted to thank you for organizing a unique experience for me . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I was phoning to thank you for getting me out of police headquarters . ’ |
| 22 | 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 ) . |
| 23 | Finally , I would wish to thank you for publicising the efforts being made by peace and reconciliation groups in Craigavon , and Northern Ireland generally ; and trust you will continue to do so . |
| 24 | ‘ Presumably she wishes to thank you for assisting her yesterday , after her accident . ’ |
| 25 | " I 'd like to thank you for stopping by . |
| 26 | ‘ Nurse Shelley , I want to thank you for caring for me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 27 | ‘ I wanted to thank you for returning my earring . |
| 28 | I 'd like to thank you for agreeing to do this . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd like to thank you for coming . ’ |
| 30 | I would like to thank you for coming into the studio today , and I 'm sure we 'll receive a lot of letters from our listeners about what 's been said . |