Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was phoning to thank you for getting me out of police headquarters . ’ |
| 2 | WE had a lovely time in Lourdes , I want to thank everyone for looking after us both . |
| 3 | ‘ Nurse Shelley , I want to thank you for caring for me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 4 | But Marwood refuses to take issue with Bassett and , instead , has thanked him for furthering his management ambitions . |
| 5 | The Duchess of York , in the region to visit one of her favourite charities , has thanked THEM for supporting her . |
| 6 | When she comes out in nice clothes I say get them for modelling ? |
| 7 | It would be a long time before he stopped despising himself for having succumbed to a purely physical attraction , and that towards a woman he despised . |
| 8 | You want to send him for dancing lessons . ’ |
| 9 | Because that was when I stopped taking it for granted . |
| 10 | My cherished Höfner acoustic guitar recently tried to murder me for leaving it in the boot of the car on a hot sunny day . |
| 11 | He does n't need to excuse himself for interrupting his narrative . |
| 12 | We are in negotiations with the local authority for planning permission , and we hope to obtain it for housing on some of that land . |
| 13 | Imagine , she 'd thanked him for telling her Rob was missing ! |
| 14 | As for his own comeback to the official international cricket scene , Gatting admitted : ‘ I 'd taken nothing for granted . |
| 15 | Ruth instinctively clasped Fand 's hand again ; she 'd taken it for granted the half-mortals would be hostile to one of Fincara 's Women . |
| 16 | But the Haig Avenue boss is refusing to take anything for granted as he lines up his first game as a manager in the first round proper . |
| 17 | He seemed to take it for granted that she was the one to talk to . |
| 18 | To her horror , Folly saw Luke nod and turn away down the corridor , leaving her alone with this sinister whispering woman who seemed to take it for granted that she was meekly going to strip off and join in what could only be some kind of orgy . |
| 19 | He seemed to take it for granted that everyone would do what he told them . |
| 20 | Yes er I 'd like to thank everybody for coming along , and I 've I 've said to John , Oop . |
| 21 | 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 ) . |
| 22 | " I 'd like to thank you for stopping by . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'd like to thank you for coming . ’ |
| 24 | I would like to thank you for coming into the studio today , and I 'm sure we 'll receive a lot of letters from our listeners about what 's been said . |
| 25 | I 'd like to thank you for agreeing to do this . ’ |
| 26 | I would like to thank you for interviewing Jim Marshall on the thirtieth anniversary of the company which bears his name . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And , if you 're travelling solo , no one 's going to compensate you for having to change your plans at the last minute . |
| 29 | I said , ‘ I 've got to summons you for driving amongst children . ’ |
| 30 | People think you could be there waiting to arrest them for drinking and driving in the car park . |