Example sentences of "thank [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | WE had a lovely time in Lourdes , I want to thank everyone for looking after us both . |
| 2 | ‘ Although 1992 was an excellent year and we would like to thank everyone for their support , we are always on the look out for new members . ’ |
| 3 | I WOULD like to thank everyone for their tremendous efforts in selling draw tickets this year . |
| 4 | I would like to thank everyone for their efforts in 1993 . |
| 5 | June had asked Hilda Lodge to thank everyone for the lovely flowers sent to her during her recent stay in hospital . |
| 6 | Cicely apologised for not being at Q.T. Day to thank everyone for supporting this Gala event . |
| 7 | The cards and calls from well-wishers have been a real pick-me-up and I want to thank everyone for their concern and support . ’ |
| 8 | On her retiral she commented , ‘ I 've enjoyed many rewarding moments through the years and I 'd like to thank everyone for the wonderful send off and beautiful gifts . ’ |
| 9 | Wanderers chairman Geoff Wyatt issued the following statement : ‘ By amicable agreement the three coaches have parted company with the club and we wish to thank them for their committment and efforts during their time as coaches with us . ’ |
| 10 | After he survived the vote , Mr Major went to the Whips ' office to thank them for their help . |
| 11 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 12 | There is usually little they can do and , even if they could , the imprisoned creatures are too demented to thank them for it . |
| 13 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support , and I hope that when my nest book is published they will feel confident enough to treat me just as a novelist and not as a problem . ’ |
| 14 | A dark giant of a man , possibly Tonio , leaned out of the lorry 's cabin to thank them for pulling out of the way . |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | I would like to thank them for their continuing forbearance and understanding , and for their hard work throughout the year . |
| 17 | I should like to thank them for their outstanding contribution to BP , extending over many years . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I 'd like if I may , to take this opportunity of paying tribute to the er helpful , cooperative attitude that the auditing practices board displayed in what were often long and very complex discussions and to thank them for the clear and helpful statement with which they shortly er plan to issue er to er accompany these order and to bring them into practical effect . |
| 20 | ‘ In the excitement of getting Penny back I ca n't did n't get their names but would like to thank them for their kindness . ’ |
| 21 | Which reminds me you still have n't written to Geoffrey and Jean to thank them for your birthday money have we ? |
| 22 | For example , I have never received a personal letter following my stay to thank me for my custom . |
| 23 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 24 | On the day Sir Hubert arrived in Rangoon he sent for me to thank me for the way in which this delicate matter had been handled . |
| 25 | He wrote back to thank me for it . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Of the many directives gummed to the glass partition , one took the trouble to thank me for not smoking . |
| 29 | He had the grace to thank me for my co-operation . ’ |
| 30 | Incidentally I was wearing my ‘ holy robes ’ at Alton Towers back in November , & some Blackburn fans came up to me to thank me for Batty ! |