Example sentences of "and thank him for " 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 declined his offer of another brandy , made my excuses , and thanking him for his hospitality I left by the back door . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside . |
| 8 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 9 | presented him with a huge pepper mill and thanked him for his hard work . |
| 10 | " I 'd like to write to the marquis and thank him for what he did for me . |
| 11 | I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) on his success in securing this debate and thank him for raising the disturbing and important question of the use of knives in crime . |