Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] you for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was phoning to thank you for getting me out of police headquarters . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Nurse Shelley , I want to thank you for caring for me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 3 | 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 ) . |
| 4 | " I 'd like to thank you for stopping by . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd like to thank you for coming . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I 'd like to thank you for agreeing to do this . ’ |
| 8 | I would like to thank you for interviewing Jim Marshall on the thirtieth anniversary of the company which bears his name . |
| 9 | And , if you 're travelling solo , no one 's going to compensate you for having to change your plans at the last minute . |
| 10 | I said , ‘ I 've got to summons you for driving amongst children . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ Something like that … though I would n't have thanked you for saying so . ’ |
| 13 | Now we do n't have any new things , I should have Thank you for asking the question because we 're trying to give the impression of a medieval house the what 's special about this is that it 's a medieval house as it looked when it was new . |
| 14 | ‘ Presumably she wishes to thank you for assisting her yesterday , after her accident . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I do thank you for stopping and not running poor Nellie over . |
| 16 | I do thank you for finding me - " |
| 17 | So even if you do repay your loan on a building society account , er do n't forget that erm er the erm building society will then want to charge you for keeping the deeds of your house . |
| 18 | I wish to thank you for listening to what was ‘ said ’ to you and for your integrity in replying publicly and as you did . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ It looks as if we 've got you for resisting arrest as well , ’ he told her grimly . |
| 21 | Dear Sir and Ladies — We would like to say thank you for saving the train and stopping a very bad accident . |
| 22 | He is hurt and shaken , but he insisted on coming back with me to say thank you for making the message that warned him away from the bog . |
| 23 | ‘ I only wanted to thank you for organizing a unique experience for me . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I wanted to thank you for returning my earring . |
| 25 | you know , I 'll say thank you for taking Anna-Marie to , to the Mozart concert . |