Example sentences of "[prep] you for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'm not going to do anything , except wait and see how the police get on , ’ said Joe , ‘ and I do n't know what you can do except tell the police that you got acquainted with the unfortunate bloke when he came after you for nicking that wallet from Blackbeard . |
| 2 | Both you and I are much blamed by the " crouner and capitanes " and in truth not without cause , for they say there is no wrong done in Ireland but only that which is done by these men that come from Ila , and Auchinbrecke said to me that he would complain to my Lord of you for sending them at all , except men you have passed and will be answerable for . |
| 3 | Thanks to all of you for sharing your views . |
| 4 | He 's made it perfectly easy for you , and nobody will think any the worse of you for getting out . |
| 5 | We just want to say thank you very much to all of you for coming and listening . |
| 6 | Also I mean er we take your point and we 've made it before Ken that there 's a real danger of asking for a report from someone like Professor Gower and then picking it , instead of actually taking the whole thing because it does actually add together in some sort of coherence erm and had Professor Gower 's report been an exception in this entirety , we may not have been had the pleasure of having you back again today , but thank you very much , er all three of you for coming points so clearly |
| 7 | Also I mean , we take your point and we 've made it before Ken that there 's a real danger of asking for a report from someone like Professor Gower and then cherry picking it , instead of actually taking the whole , because it does actually add together in some sort of coherence erm and had Professor Gower 's report been accepted in its entirety , we may not have been had the pleasure of having you back again today , but thank you very much er all three of you for coming . |
| 8 | I 'm proud of you for doing that . |
| 9 | That was why he had it in for you for putting him away . |
| 10 | I am not angry with you for writing such innocent letters as these . |
| 11 | When my master summoned me and told me you had written to him , at first I was angry with you for betraying my and I blessed you . |
| 12 | She did n't want him to stop kissing her , but curiosity made her murmur , ‘ Did you honestly believe that I would n't be angry with you for telling me so abruptly that you were Miguelito ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ He was furious with you for making a special lunch . |
| 14 | The Parish Council have asked me to get an estimate from you for replacing the seat in its original position and concreting it in place . |
| 15 | ‘ But I wo n't take a penny from you for visiting the Princess . ’ |
| 16 | Do you really think I 'd do that — take money from you for doing one thing , and at the same time take money from someone else to do the opposite ? ’ |
| 17 | Shame on you for hitting a woman . |
| 18 | That I think is my main concern , with a request in a sense to you for supporting that over the next year or so , because I 'll be trying to perhaps get invited to the meetings , and perhaps we 'll be inviting officers from the authority to join me in looking at ways of building up that local context in planning to get that into our formal planning systems . |
| 19 | So I 'm very grateful to you for sticking with us and getting away from your traditions for this half hour . |
| 20 | I only want you to know that I 'm very grateful to you for helping me become Joe 's apprentice . ’ |
| 21 | As always , I am grateful to you for helping with our recruitment leaflet , a copy of which I have enclosed . |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Travelling by coach you will pass through the flower carpet fields to the Franz Roozen Nurseries where you will discover the art of growing flowers and perhaps order your own bulbs which will be delivered to you for planting in the autumn . |
| 25 | Dear Grandfather , I am very much indebted to you for sending me to school , and especially to my present Teachers , who have greatly contributed to my improvement , but to you is due all the knowledge I possess . |
| 26 | So you 've just got to work out some way that 'll make sense to you for remembering which way round they go and probably one good way is just write them out quite a few times think of a lot of words beginning with D. |
| 27 | ‘ Good luck to you for speaking up ! ’ someone cried . |
| 28 | Oisin said , very courteously , ‘ Since our own Chroniclers and our Poets and Story Tellers were unable to follow us into exile , it is we who should be grateful to you for creating an account of what is happening . ’ |
| 29 | Get it to you for checking . |
| 30 | So I felt inexpressible gratitude to you for giving me the support and care of that relationship , however attenuated it appeared to me at times : |