Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [adv] for the " in BNC.

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1 The other is that he heard me following , and staged the attack on himself , with the help of some accomplice unknown — for it could n't have been done alone , could it ? — to put himself in the clear , and immobilise me long enough for the other person to get away , and the body to be well downstream .
2 ‘ So you want me in just for the plaster and to give your student laddies additional geriatric experience ?
3 For instance , there 's a 19th century telegraph relay station , where human operators function like modern amplifiers — they receive a weak signal and tap it out again for the next leg of the journey .
4 Jean and Martin Currie would like to thank you very much for the clothes , blankets and chocolates you have donated recently — these have been distributed through the Glasgow City Mission .
5 Mr Mason has asked me to thank you very much for the invitation to attend the announcement of the name of the winning architect chosen to design the new Museum on 13th August .
6 It will see me all right for the day .
7 ‘ Oh , really ? ’ says Freddie , bending his lips upwards on one side of his face into a suggestion of general benevolence , but moving them only sparingly for the purpose of articulation .
8 Another will want to do it again anyway for the effect .
9 Inflatables do not need great pressure to keep them hard enough for the sea .
10 And after Cardinal Red carried him to a two and a half length win over Gaelstrom in the Belle Epoque Sefton Novices Hurdle , de Haan said : ‘ That has set me up perfectly for the National .
11 As I understand it Chair , what you 're saying is , that there are , at three there is a , a request for an exclusion of press photographers , but the convenience of press photography we 're saying that instead of taking immediately so that we 'd have to call them back here for the even later , we 're asking you for it to be taken at the end with the rest of exclusion
12 Rachel 's heart skipped a beat at her first sight of him and if she had been trying to delude herself that David had asked her along purely for the sake of her new friends she was forced to dismiss it as his gaze met hers .
13 ‘ It did our heads in a bit , freaked us out just for the fact that everybody who 's ever met us in the business knows exactly how we are .
14 Rather one must teach criminal law jurisprudentially and the circumstance that criminal law throws up so much grist for the jurisprudential mill fits it rather well for the role of an introductory course .
15 On one occasion I remember that she promoted me very briefly for the space of an entire morning .
16 The squirrels would be collecting them all very soon , Miss Honey said , and storing them away carefully for the bleak months ahead .
17 As a preventative , anti-stress technique , self-massage sets you up perfectly for the day ahead — and works brilliantly as an end-of-day treat .
18 It had already been arranged that Eric and Daphne Lovell would drive Rose to her destination before going on to their own and would pick her up later for the return trip .
19 A small tower was built from concrete blocks for the shop-bought filter to raise it high enough for the water from this to gravity feed to the new filter .
20 Fellow Tablers I thank you most sincerely for the honour and opportunity you have given me to become your sixtieth National President .
21 Thank you so much for the tea . ’
22 And thank you so much for the beautiful card , the towel and bookmarks .
23 Thank you so much for the advice , ’ Alyssia muttered , relieved that some of the tension had been dissolved .
24 Thank you so much for the advice , ’ she told him with icy calm , ‘ but I can assure you that it was n't necessary . ’
25 Thank you so much for the information , ’ she muttered with cold politeness .
26 Thank you so much for the mince pies — you never forget me — ’
27 Thank you very much for the lift . ’
28 Thank you very much for the balaclava pattern , unfortunately my machine is a Toyota 858 so this is no use as it is for a Pfaff or Passap Duomatic .
29 He was in one of his sour , silent moods and when Nick said , ‘ Hepzibah said thank you very much for the biscuits , ’ he only grunted in answer .
30 Thank you very much for the coffee .
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