Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] you for the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Fenella , who rather liked the look of the Gnomes , thought they were a bit like careful children , diligently remembering their manners , sprinkling their conversation with ‘ please ’ and ‘ thank you ’ , and with things like , ‘ I 'll trouble you for the jam pot , your honour ’ , or ‘ after you with the tomato chutney , your worship ’ .
2 No I 'll thank you for the confidence no .
3 I said , " That 's very kind of you , Mavis , and of course I 'll pay you for the gin , but if you do n't mind I 'd rather be alone .
4 I 'll pay you for the use . ’
5 ‘ I would n't do that , girl ; he 'd fight you for the child .
6 If your baggage is temporarily lost for longer than 12 hours on the outward journey we will compensate you for the emergency purchase of essential items up to a total of £100 .
7 If this is not easily available , nobody will thank you for the error !
8 This set-up program will prompt you for the directory and hard disk where you want to install Money Smith , then sit back while the program does the rest .
9 And if you let me go I will forgive you for the way in which you have just spoken to me . ’
10 Now when it asks you for the sample statement , ah done it , right before , it will ask you for the sample statement er over what period would you like to estimate this equation , right instead of pressing the return key which gives you the default , right , if you specify nineteen twenty three to nineteen forty sorry just a a dash between it like that nineteen twenty three space nineteen forty okay it asks you for the number of observations to be used in the structural stability tests , right , erm if you er press the default er if you press the return key then it should give you the maximum number available right five observations in this case right and then it will perform the regression over the entire sample period , those will be the results you obtain , right , it will also er present Chow erm test statistics .
11 But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves .
12 ‘ No matter how well briefed you 've been ’ , he says , ‘ nothing can prepare you for the shock of international rugby .
13 Nothing can prepare you for the shock .
14 ‘ These are all the variations I can show you for the moment . ’
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