Example sentences of "[vb base] you for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can also map almost anything to a key-combination on the keyboard — how does |
| 2 | I forgive you for making me suffer , but how can I forgive you for dying ? ’ |
| 3 | She said , ‘ More fool you for leaving it in a car park , ’ and little Apricot said , ‘ Yes , that 's right , Mum . |
| 4 | organize you for doing that scan . |
| 5 | organize you for doing that scan . |
| 6 | I 've read things in papers people are supposed to have said and think , ‘ You obnoxious twat , I hate you for saying that , ’ but I know there 's gay people out there who read that thing in NME and know it 's a load of bollocks . |
| 7 | I almost hate you for talking to me like this , when you know how you 've ruined my life ! |
| 8 | I do n't handle stolen property , and damn you for suggesting I do ! |
| 9 | ‘ Your plans are quite praiseworthy , Sophie , and I respect you for sticking to them . |
| 10 | All of these she had wriggled out of , and as they were leaving the cinema he had had the nerve to say , ‘ You know , I really respect you for saying no , Benny . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ And I envy you for living here in these surroundings . ’ |
| 13 | I love you for coming , darling , ’ she whispered , ‘ but you must n't stay . ’ |
| 14 | 1 Poorly controlled asthma — Thank you for referring this boy with frequent attacks of cough and wheeze . |
| 15 | ‘ Goodbye , my dear , and thank you for stopping to talk to me . ’ |
| 16 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 17 | ‘ I am very well , Sister Cameron , and I thank you for accepting my terms . ’ |
| 18 | Look , David , thank you for helping me . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Thank you for helping me , ’ she said coldly . |
| 21 | ‘ Thank you for helping the men with the hay , ’ she continued . |
| 22 | ‘ Thank you for helping Carl , ’ says the magician . |
| 23 | ‘ Thank you for helping Mark ; I — ’ |
| 24 | Thank you for helping me . |
| 25 | ‘ Thank you for telling me , ’ he said , ‘ but I think your sister 's burnt arm is of primary importance . |
| 26 | ‘ Thank you for telling me , my lady , ’ Joan said . |
| 27 | Thank you for telling me . |
| 28 | Well , thank you for telling me , Mr Parsons . ’ |
| 29 | But again , thank you for telling me . |
| 30 | ‘ Thank you for telling me . |