Example sentences of "thank [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organisers of the day would like to thank everyone involved , including Marks and Spencer and British Home Stores . |
| 2 | You know , you 've got me to thank she did n't chuck you out . |
| 3 | But thank can also be followed by the bare infinitive , as in the following examples , which Jespersen ( 1940 : 289 ) qualifies as " rather vulgar " : ( 200 ) I 'll thank ye hand me the salt . |
| 4 | ( 201 ) And I 'll thank ye give me a glass of punch too , John . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd thank you to let me up , Mr Jacobsen . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'll thank you to watch your words , my new lord of Moray ! ’ she exclaimed . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll thank you to remember when you ever ate bad food , in all the years I reared you and there were no refrigerators . ’ |
| 8 | " I never lie , and I 'll thank you to remember it . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm here now — to stand beside you — and I 'll thank you to remember it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll thank you to mind your own business , Mrs S. ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll thank you to mind your business , and keep your nose out of mine ! ’ |
| 12 | My private life is absolutely none of your business whatsoever , and I 'll thank you to keep your little pearls of insight to yourself . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll thank you to keep your hands to yourself , ’ she snapped . |
| 14 | In most of its occurrences , thank is used with the to infinitive : ( 199 ) I 'll thank you to pass the decanter . |
| 15 | She might 'ave 'ad carnal relations and 'im too I should n't wonder — but I 'll thank 'im to leave my relations out of it ! |
| 16 | Okay I thank I think tell me e tell me what where you 'd put capitals on this one about the cricket . |
| 17 | I can hold my own hand thank you came the reply and she did . |
| 18 | Thank you sending the Nether Wyresdale Parish Council a copy of the above application . |
| 19 | Congratulations and thank you to shop and branch volunteers , large and small . |
| 20 | The final thank you goes to the village hall management committee and er particularly to Margaret not only for her cooperation in arranging show rehearsal dates etcetera but also her ticket selling . |
| 21 | Thank you Miss . |
| 22 | I do n't want the honour of knowing his father , thank you Miss . |
| 23 | Thank you Miss . |
| 24 | Thank you Miss is your resolution for the . |
| 25 | Thank you Miss , Miss . |
| 26 | Thank you Miss can I have your ? |
| 27 | Thank you Miss Mr . |
| 28 | Thank you splodger . |
| 29 | After a cursory ‘ Ireland will be free , ’ the politician then adds with glee ‘ but what I really want to say is thank you mother , thank you father , thank you … ’ and heads off into the normal ‘ thank you auntie Doreen ’ award winner 's speech . |
| 30 | Thank you said Nyasha . |