Example sentences of "thank him for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanking him for giving me a lift , I sat down in the passenger seat and waited for Chapman to get moving . |
| 2 | Imagine , she 'd thanked him for telling her Rob was missing ! |
| 3 | I had n't thanked him for doing the walls . |
| 4 | It was only as she rounded the corner that she remembered she had n't thanked him for walking her home . |
| 5 | But Marwood refuses to take issue with Bassett and , instead , has thanked him for furthering his management ambitions . |
| 6 | He helped Calamy list the ejectees of 1662 , and Strype thanked him for supplying transcripts . |
| 7 | Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside . |
| 8 | He said , ‘ Did you have a good Christmas ? ’ , and not looking at him she thanked him for asking and replied that it had been quiet but nice . |
| 9 | When he told them that the Government could have used more oil at the power stations this summer and so built up coal stocks for the winter against a possible strike , but had n't , they merely retorted , ‘ More fool you ’ and thanked him for letting them know how strong their position was . |
| 10 | She wished him goodbye , thanked him for coming and could see again the face of his wife on the only occasion she had met her : tight-lipped , unable to approve , fiercely loyal to John . |
| 11 | The hospital staff would n't thank him for provoking another . |
| 12 | May I also thank him for agreeing to visit Rugby and Kenilworth ? |
| 13 | She was making peace with herself and with her father and suddenly she wanted to tell Alain , to thank him for forcing this on her . |
| 14 | I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) on his success in securing this debate and thank him for raising the disturbing and important question of the use of knives in crime . |