Example sentences of "god for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A heavily US-financed campaign did the trick and Blaize , with a 14-1 majority , took over and thanked God for sending the Americans to save Grenada . |
| 2 | The church is the agency designed by God for causing those disciples to grow . |
| 3 | ‘ You could excuse God for thinking He was perhaps beyond fashion — ’ |
| 4 | From 1689 a new form of service was established for that day , thanking God for discovering " the snares of death that were laid for us " in 1605 , " and likewise upon this day " for bringing King William " safely into this Kingdom , to preserve us from the late attempts of our enemies to bereave us of our religion and laws " . |
| 5 | The statement , meant to be reassuring , that ‘ Mummy has gone to heaven to be with Jesus ’ , can leave the child very jealous and angry with God for taking his mother away from him . |
| 6 | It did not only transform the political and military map : by the destruction which it wrought , unparalleled in previous human history in its scale , it hurled a black question mark against the confidence in the onward and upward progress of Christian civilisation which had so strongly characterised Liberal Theology , and forced the bitter question whether the advanced theological thought of the nineteenth century as a whole had not been far too unaware of the darker side of human nature , too optimistic about innate human capacity for good , too willing to take contemporary culture at its own high evaluation of itself , and overall too disposed to take God for granted , and to assume that he was somehow simply ‘ given ’ in what it regarded as the highest ethical , spiritual and religious values of mankind . |
| 7 | From the balcony he thanked his many friends for their support , and the Lord God for showing the jury his divine wisdom . |
| 8 | Were this my last hour ( and that of an octogenarian can not be far off ) I would thank God for permitting me to behold so much of the excellence conferred on individuals . |
| 9 | The honest cop shook his head , and I thanked God for typecasting . |
| 10 | As he ran back to climb into his seat , she thanked God for blessing her with such a healthy and adorable son . |
| 11 | ‘ I know that I am dying , ’ he said , ‘ and I am so angry with God for letting it happen , and with my family for refusing to let me work through it . ’ |
| 12 | As he looked down at the body he used to love , he thanked God for letting him arrive in time . |
| 13 | ‘ We are both very proud and thank God for giving us the strength to help others less fortunate than ourselves . ’ |
| 14 | We do n't pray to win ; we pray before and after each game to thank God for giving us the gift of talent and the capacity to express it . |
| 15 | Apart from the above , Richard Baxter records his thankfulness to God for preserving him in several accidents . |
| 16 | And all I could think of was the way that baby had felt in my arms , and inside I was hating God for doing this to me . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Do you think this is a punishment from God for talking about walking on a Sunday , Uncle Rory ? ’ |