Example sentences of "thank [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know we can thank them for showing some tennis , unlike ITV which does n't show any at all , but they do n't show half as much as would all like . |
| 2 | absolutely horrendous , oh by the way you did n't thank me for getting those yoghurts did you ? |
| 3 | ‘ At the moment the team is coached by Andrew Soper from the computer department , although he wo n't thank me for telling everyone , ’ said Suzanne Isaacs of the Personnel Department at Broadgate . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's an hour before anyone 'll thank me for ringing them back , ’ he said defiantly . |
| 5 | I have seen little of her work myself , and she wo n't thank me for mentioning it . |
| 6 | My dear George YOU WILL not thank me for congratulating you on a lucky escape . |
| 7 | I 'll get you so you wo n't even recognise your own body but after we 've done it you 'll be grateful to me that I made you do it and you 'll enjoy it and you 'll get better at it and one day you 'll thank me for doing this to you . |
| 8 | John Hall wo n't thank me for saying this but the MetroCentre falls into this category . |
| 9 | Erm , I think it fair to say that if you 'd asked more or less to the next meeting and probably sub-committee would be quite , quite acceptable and I would thank you for drawing it to our to our attention . |
| 10 | Movements in foreign exchange rates will affect the sterling value of the principal deposited or borrowed and your finance director will not thank you for saving £50,000 by earning interest at 1 1/2 % above UK rates if you lose £1m when the foreign currency is reconverted to sterling . |
| 11 | Only a man could say such cruel things , ’ and then , belatedly , remembering her manners , which her mama had so often told her she was always forgetting , ‘ But I must thank you for taking me in . |
| 12 | ‘ I do thank you for stopping and not running poor Nellie over . |
| 13 | She wo n't thank you for blackening her late husband 's name . ’ |
| 14 | The herb border can be designed to follow the same principles as those used for the herbaceous or mixed border ; small plants will not thank you for planting them next to towering or buxom plants — they will be smothered in no time . |
| 15 | At their recent meeting Nether Wyresdale Parish Council asked me to write and thank you for allowing the seat from Snowhill to be kept on your property after it had been removed from its base . |
| 16 | ‘ Your God would not thank you for throwing away your life . |
| 17 | Can I thank you for sharing with us the the example of the concentration , that you put so much in such a short time . |
| 18 | ‘ And I must thank you for consenting to see me . |
| 19 | ‘ If she 's so keen to save a spot of money then she wo n't thank you for cheating her of eight grand . ’ |
| 20 | I must thank you for replying so promptly to the questionnaire which we enclosed with the last issue of The Birmingham Magazine . |
| 21 | I do thank you for finding me - " |
| 22 | ‘ Master Parry , ’ he said , ‘ I must thank you for granting me this interview , so strangely requested . |
| 23 | ‘ Let me help you to put your shoe back on , ’ he said gently , ‘ and I must thank you for coming to my rescue . |
| 24 | First thing , I wan na thank you for coming in . |
| 25 | Can I thank you for coming today , th th the media often has lots of comments from the chattering classes , saying unhealthy , British democracies , cos they only concentrate on this place . |
| 26 | The hospital staff would n't thank him for provoking another . |
| 27 | May I also thank him for agreeing to visit Rugby and Kenilworth ? |
| 28 | If he ever found this girl he would thank her for choosing to live in that quarter of the city . |
| 29 | ‘ Yeah , the rats 'd thank us for getting rid of a human , ’ he went on . |
| 30 | ‘ When they came back from the segregation unit they would thank us for getting the chance to get their heads together . ’ |