Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , may I thank Mr Bence and the editors for allowing me a few lines in which to formally meet you all . |
| 2 | ‘ Mr Jacobsen , I hardly think my alleged avoidance of you is justification enough for labelling me a man-hater . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Just so that you 'd have a good excuse for keeping me a prisoner here ? ’ |
| 4 | Won t you forgive me for keeping it a secret ? ’ |
| 5 | If you got sued for selling someone a rotten second-hand car , you 'd have to get a lawyer and he 'd be a university graduate , too . |
| 6 | Many thanks for sending me a copy of Sheila Ryle 's reply to my letter of MKM February 92 . |
| 7 | I am indebted to Mary Harpley at Reed for sending me a complete set of its Sunday Times Wordpower series . |
| 8 | Thank you for sending me a copy of CCW 's Research Programme for 1993 . |
| 9 | Thank you for sending me a copy of the CCW 's initial response to this paper . |
| 10 | A further court case , in which Lothar Neethling from the forensic laboratory , now a lieutenant-general and number three in the South African Police , tried to sue a newspaper for calling him a poisoner , showed Coetzee to be a reliable and accurate witness . |
| 11 | The most senior candidate , Adam Matthews , 16 , of the Socialist Labour Party , said his party would abolish the Queen , generals and public schools , put the Royal Family out to work as wardens in nature parks , and prosecute Arsenal under the Trade Descriptions Act for calling themselves a football team . |
| 12 | Thank you for calling us a perfect example . |
| 13 | Do you remember the time I blacked Tom Bellinger 's eye for calling you a ‘ Four-eyed freak ’ ? |
| 14 | And your best bet for doing them a bit short , too much , too much . |
| 15 | For six years up to the war , they had raised millions to help their German cousins and had absorbed over 60,000 refugees , not all of them living off charity by any means , but with the great majority owing thanks to Jewish organisations for giving them a new start . |
| 16 | You never know who might mistake Armstrong for a real taxi and offer me a few quid as a friendly gesture for giving them a lift . |
| 17 | And now , with the way that the human take it to the medical profession for giving them a longer life expectancy , thirty percent of people are diseased . |
| 18 | Every little thing concerning Jacob turned into a private battle between Rachel and I. When I gave birth to Reuben , I believed that my husband must love me for giving him a son . |
| 19 | Thanks a lot Lifes A Beach for giving me a chance . |
| 20 | Anyway , as I have been given more recognition and opportunity to draw to my strengths under your editorship , I would like to express my appreciation and thanks for giving me a ‘ go ’ . |
| 21 | Thank you once again for giving me a really good laugh at just one of the many aspects of being a happy single parent . |
| 22 | Thanking him for giving me a lift , I sat down in the passenger seat and waited for Chapman to get moving . |
| 23 | Getting out , Flavia said dully , ‘ Thank you very much for giving me a lift . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Thank you for believing in me , for giving me a chance . |
| 25 | Thank you very much Mr Chairman thank you very much for giving me a chance to speak this afternoon . |
| 26 | These two are the best guides to the little constellation of Scutum , with its famous open cluster M11 ; indeed , Scutum used to be included in Aquila , and there does not seem much justification for giving it a separate identity . |
| 27 | One of the reasons for that is that one of the skills of the advocate is to learn to be concise and to get over the message very quickly , and that 's one of the reasons for giving you a short period of time . |
| 28 | So it 's unusual and I get told off for giving you a choice but what do you think ? |
| 29 | Sorry for giving you a hard time there . |
| 30 | none the less , thank you very much indeed Donald for giving us a very er encouraging talk ! |