Example sentences of "[conj] thank [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People come up to them daily and thank them for helping with ‘ the best thing that 's happened to the valley in decades . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | " Say " Goodbye " nicely to Miss Nicandra and thank her for coming to pay you a little visit . " |
| 4 | I did enjoy our cup of tea together , and thank you for trusting me enough to tell me about your husband 's alcoholism . |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | " Thank you for the tea — and thank you for allowing me to join your table . " |
| 7 | ‘ Goodbye , my dear , and thank you for stopping to talk to me . ’ |
| 8 | And thank you for phoning in . |
| 9 | ‘ Thank you , Nelson , and thank you for taking over my shift . ’ |
| 10 | She rather thought then that they would be returning to their hotel , and , because she had enjoyed everything so much , she added sincerely , ‘ And thank you for taking me around , and for showing me so much . ’ |
| 11 | I did the ones , I 've done the ones that were before that and thank you for taking part in |
| 12 | Your sermon was inspiring , and thank you for sharing this moving service with so many all round the country , so that we felt as one with your own congregation … |
| 13 | Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me . |
| 14 | Welcome and thank you for inviting me to your ceremony . |
| 15 | We , the young people of this area , extend our greetings to you and thank you for listening to us on this Youth Sunday . |
| 16 | And thank you for joining us . |
| 17 | Well it er to be here and thank you for coming to the meeting . |
| 18 | Thank you very much and thank you for coming down and talking to us today . |
| 19 | So thank you very much indeed , for coming , for addressing us , and we look forward I think both at national level and as you suggest , at local level with ever more valuable and productive relationships with the private sector , together with the other partners which , er , whom we need , and thank you for leading us along this |
| 20 | A few minutes later he rose and I heard him say , ‘ Goodnight and thank you for giving me your interesting reminiscences . ’ |
| 21 | Thank you for your letter and thank you for letting us see your nine-volume Complete History of Wimbledon . |
| 22 | Congratulations , and thank you for responding so wonderfully . |
| 23 | I said , ‘ but thank you for warning me , my dear friend . ’ |
| 24 | But thank you for giving me the hope , coat peg to hang some further comment . |
| 25 | Then when a photographer asked if he could take his picture , Penn said , ‘ Please do n't , but thank you for asking . ’ |
| 26 | But thank you for asking , ’ Bernice muttered angrily . |
| 27 | Struggling to make himself heard above the chants of the crowd , the manager said : ‘ I have only been on Teesside for ten months , but thank you for making it memorable so far . |