Example sentences of "[v-ing] you for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said , ‘ No , I have statements , I have witnesses and we 've been surveying you for the last four months . ’ |
| 2 | For example : I 'm sorry to keep pressing you for an answer but we do need to make a decision if we are to avoid being the last in the market with this product : Is it to be A or B ? ’ |
| 3 | I subsequently wrote to you thanking you for this most generous offer and explaining that we wanted to use them as prizes in a raffle but were unable to proceed at that time . |
| 4 | I ca n't think of anything else so I 'll finish by thanking you for all your hard work . |
| 5 | Bob was wondering whether you got his letter thanking you for the book . |
| 6 | Thanking you for the great benefits of your goodness to me tokened in these natural provisions here . |
| 7 | I 'm not thanking you for that Phil . |
| 8 | The man who constantly criticises may be trying to change you into the person he wants you to be , when he should be loving you for the person you are . |
| 9 | ‘ Unless , of course , ’ he said with a faintly sinister smile , ‘ I 'm saving you for something else . ’ |
| 10 | What do you think they 're training you for , Reggie ? ’ |
| 11 | They 're training you for war . |
| 12 | ‘ Sometimes they see you in the street and start searching you for no reason . |
| 13 | It may be extremely hard for your employer to justify a poor grading at assessment time when earlier in the year you received a letter from the chairman specifically thanking and praising you for your efforts . |
| 14 | Who do you imagine it was using you for target practice this afternoon ? ’ |
| 15 | But is n't that what people are paying you for ? |
| 16 | ‘ So in about ten months we 'd have him out and around , or else what am I paying you for ? ’ |
| 17 | If you 've done the business believe in paying you for it . |
| 18 | He says well I 'm not paying you for it , he says you put it on and it do n't work , he says well we want it back , he says well you take it back and put my parts on that you took off , he says we ca n't , he says well I 'm not paying you hundred and forty pound for a part that do n't work and he says , anyway he says er , are you sure it 's a hundred and forty pound he said , an oil filter cost ten pound at some places but they 're actually only two so if you di divide it by five that 's forty pounds , he says I 'll pay you forty pound , but I 'm not paying you no hundred and forty he said . |
| 19 | You never talk about anything interesting anyway so I 'm not paying you for it . |
| 20 | ‘ Ah , but that was when I was only pumping you for information , not giving it to you . |
| 21 | So after today , I shall not be cleaning you for a week . ’ |
| 22 | Not urgent , so I did n't think it worth waking you for it . ’ |
| 23 | Of course , she may be seeing you to tell you she 's suing you for slander . ’ |
| 24 | Do not allow yourself to be pushed around by an agency that tells you they have a large number of suitable vacancies and then persists in sending you for jobs which are not within your specifications . |
| 25 | She said , ‘ Because I 've been feeding you for all these years and buying your shoes and your clothes ! ’ |
| 26 | I 'm reporting you for idling your time for two minutes . |
| 27 | So they really were getting you for nothing . |
| 28 | ‘ I have been expecting you for a week , ’ he said . |
| 29 | ‘ Hello Michael , I was n't expecting you for another twenty minutes . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I was n't expecting you for another hour or so . |