Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] for [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 | Until this week , they had all their lessons together , but following a governor 's meeting , the school has agreed to segregate them for swimming lessons in the school 's pool . |
| 9 | Although McGregor was to be paid £50 000 , the same as the man he replaced , the British government had to pay Lazard Freres $4.1m. over five years to compensate them for losing McGregor . |
| 10 | If charges are intended to raise money , it seems odd not to impose them for staying in hospital or visiting a GP . |
| 11 | But Rochester did er did er , when he was trying to rebuke himself for committing what was bigamy , and the works , he said , when he compared his own wife , who was really a mental animal because she very bestial the way she bit people , and then , he compared her with this sweet , dewy-eyed Jane , he did give a reason did n't he ? |
| 12 | I said , ‘ I 've got to summons you for driving amongst children . ’ |
| 13 | And , if you 're travelling solo , no one 's going to compensate you for having to change your plans at the last minute . |
| 14 | Like Dexter , BBC pundit Lewis would receive a wage to compensate him for giving up his TV and newspaper work . |
| 15 | We are in negotiations with the local authority for planning permission , and we hope to obtain it for housing on some of that land . |
| 16 | Where the PC has no real expanded RAM , using EMM386.EXE to provide it for cacheing is wasteful of resources . |
| 17 | People think you could be there waiting to arrest them for drinking and driving in the car park . |
| 18 | Her parents offered no explanation when police boarded their plane at Chicago airport yesterday to arrest them for abandoning their children . |
| 19 | Were we so I should have been happy to kill you for speaking so of my daughter . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | I wish to thank you for listening to what was ‘ said ’ to you and for your integrity in replying publicly and as you did . |
| 22 | ‘ I only wanted to thank you for organizing a unique experience for me . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I was phoning to thank you for getting me out of police headquarters . ’ |
| 24 | 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 ) . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ Presumably she wishes to thank you for assisting her yesterday , after her accident . ’ |
| 27 | " I 'd like to thank you for stopping by . |
| 28 | ‘ Nurse Shelley , I want to thank you for caring for me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 29 | ‘ I wanted to thank you for returning my earring . |
| 30 | I 'd like to thank you for agreeing to do this . ’ |