Example sentences of "[conj] thank [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If there is a point to saluting the winner of a race , it is ultimately to celebrate his good fortune in being given the natural attributes to do what he does ; and to thank him for the excitement of the spectacle he provides in devoting all his concentrated effort to showing he 's the best . |
| 2 | I would like to welcome Frances to the team and to thank her for ‘ volunteering ’ to promote the Johnson Matthey Mac Challenge personal fund raiser ! ! |
| 3 | I would ask you to point out this dramatic increase to the people of your parish and to thank them on my behalf for their generous efforts . |
| 4 | I 'd like if I may , to take this opportunity of paying tribute to the er helpful , cooperative attitude that the auditing practices board displayed in what were often long and very complex discussions and to thank them for the clear and helpful statement with which they shortly er plan to issue er to er accompany these order and to bring them into practical effect . |
| 5 | Mr Keegan said : ‘ We want to personally thank the people who have contributed to this memorial and to thank everyone in Kirkby for their support and kind wishes over the months . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I came to say goodbye and to thank you for all you 've done . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I came to apologise for hitting you , ’ she began determinedly , ‘ and to thank you for the cheque . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , no , I was only teasing , and I really only came in to tell you that I 'm leaving tomorrow , and to thank you for being so kind , and — well , to say goodbye . |
| 9 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 10 | At the end of the question period , refocus attention on yourself through repeating your main points , wishing everyone well and thanking them for their attention . |
| 11 | Our Chairman , Richard Newcombe , who has taken a particular interest in the museum , then spoke , welcoming the guests and thanking them for their support . |
| 12 | I declined his offer of another brandy , made my excuses , and thanking him for his hospitality I left by the back door . |
| 13 | A furtive junior diplomat bowing and scraping his way out of the interview section of the Lefortovo , ogling the KGB man and thanking him for a fifteen-minute access to a prisoner for whom the key was now thrown far away . |
| 14 | There are other delicious gestures drawing attention to the feet in La Fille Mal Gardée such as Mother Simone gently tapping her clogs as if thanking them for allowing her to show off her particular style of dance . |
| 15 | Before she gets into the car , she turns around and thanks me with a squeeze of her hand . |
| 16 | Central Council appreciates the contribution made by the RAFALOs and thanks them for their efforts . |
| 17 | All prize giving afterwards in ‘ 93 ’ the new Vice-President of IBOA , Mr. Ken Doyle [ in his first function in his new capacity ] praised the efficiency and professionalism of the way and the IBOA League was run and thanked everybody for participating . |
| 18 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 19 | When he told them that the Government could have used more oil at the power stations this summer and so built up coal stocks for the winter against a possible strike , but had n't , they merely retorted , ‘ More fool you ’ and thanked him for letting them know how strong their position was . |
| 20 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 21 | Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside . |
| 22 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 23 | presented him with a huge pepper mill and thanked him for his hard work . |
| 24 | I wrote and thanked him on behalf of the Council for what he 'd done but it 's now a question of finding somebody who can match it . |
| 25 | A guardsman got up and thanked him in English for granting the battalion a week 's leave . |
| 26 | Beryl welcomed Kay Evans and thanked her on behalf of everyone for finding time in her busy life to attend our training days and for the interest she always shows in all we do . |
| 27 | ‘ Absolutely , ’ we responded , and thanked her for taking time from her busy schedule to talk with us . |
| 28 | He said ‘ goodbye ’ to our neighbour and thanked her for 'everything ’ , and he squeezed her hand . |
| 29 | I did ring Agnes away back in January and thanked her for having you ; I was ringing her partly to tell her that , strangely , one of her Hungarian friends from Southampton ( called ) is now the computer expert at Chambers , whose services I 've been using recently to accomplish the final formatting of my questionnaire and piece of sample text . |
| 30 | Beryl also welcomed Rita Quick and thanked her for coming to deputise for Molly at the afternoon session on Devising Display Items . |