Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] you for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel you are all friends , so thank you for a lovely magazine . |
| 2 | If I may say so , you 're a bit long in the tooth to be an articled clerk , and — to make up for that — you have an air of authority that scarcely fits you for a junior position . |
| 3 | Dad 's a , dad 's just nominated you for the big in the campus . |
| 4 | Can I just borrow you for a few moments ? |
| 5 | Um , now may be , according to Burstow , this is a sort of self-serving thing as well because it 's a way of saying , if you just say that that say your father sexually abused you for no good reason , that 's a very frightening thing to say . |
| 6 | What about people who will inevitably criticise you for a large canvas , half of which is black , and half of which is blue , and which is labelled ‘ Blue on Black ’ . |
| 7 | All you have ever read about the delights of fast-jet aerobatics still ca n't prepare you for the utter , mind-blowing super-smooth , almost silent exhilaration of the real thing ! |
| 8 | Have n't seen you for a long time have you ? |
| 9 | Oh here 's another dog I think oh it 's Judy 's , not it 's not hello , have n't seen you for a long time , hello , have n't seen her for a long time , morning , good morning oh she 's a sweetie is n't she ? forgotten her name come and say hello , I have n't seen you for ages , so him once on the , good morning . |
| 10 | ‘ You 've had everything and everyone your way from much too young , and it has n't prepared you for the big , wide world . |
| 11 | But I did n't ring you for a critical appraisal of my work . |
| 12 | Well , well thank you for the supporting me Victor , that snort came from the bearded one there . |
| 13 | It does n't hit you for a long time what you have achieved . |
| 14 | ‘ I would like once again to thank you for the major contribution you 've made to our AIDS education programme this year . |