Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest which you have shown . |
| 2 | I hope you will not be too disappointed and would take this opportunity to thank you for the interest you have shown . |
| 3 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |
| 4 | A temporary assistant lecturer 's post was available in my Department at U.C.L. Apparently , my Head of Department , , was happy to appoint me , but before the decision was made , he offered his new professorial colleague , , an opportunity to interview me for the job . |
| 5 | Oddly , thoughts of the stranger haunted her for the rest of that day . |
| 6 | Any attempt to evade it for the sake of the ‘ purity of the ‘ socialist ideal ’ ’ , 'he warned , would simply lead to a further expansion of the bureaucratic apparatus and to the dictatorship of the producer . |
| 7 | For this reason above all others she had come very close to declining Philip Swallow 's proposal to nominate her for the Shadow Scheme . |
| 8 | Redcar MP Mo Mowlam says she is concerned about possible health risks associated with the closure of public lavatories on the seafront and hopes to persuade Langbaurgh Council to re-open them for the summer . |
| 9 | There 's little in Marshall 's CV to prepare you for the way this story , awash with sentimental pitfalls , is turned into a deeply stirring , full blooded drama . |
| 10 | Conservationists and locals fear for the future of the island and a trust has been set up to raise money to buy it for the nation . |
| 11 | On this last point let me for the present be content with a simple observation . |
| 12 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 13 | Heaven reward you for the good you have done me . |
| 14 | Mr Gill 's wife nominated him for the prize for his purchase of the ‘ Astronomicon ’ , a poem in Latin verse on astronomy and astrology of around 1455–60 by Basinio da Parma , dedicated to Malatesta Novello , lord of Cesena , and probably made in Rimini . |
| 15 | What scientific evidence have we for the existence of ESP ? |
| 16 | ‘ You 've got enough money to keep you for the rest of your life . |
| 17 | Amidst the noise of children shouting , women calling across the alley , and dogs barking , Sarah seemed to hear her father condemning her for the way she had behaved these last months , and her misery grew . |
| 18 | If the local authority do not have a list of housing associations in their area ask them for the address of the regional office of the Housing Corporation , who can give you a list . |
| 19 | Right Rod thank you for the opportunity . |
| 20 | Make sure home contents insurance covers you for the move . |
| 21 | And upon the way they round a leper , struggling in a quagmire , who cried out to them with a loud voice to help him for the love of God ; and when Rodrigo heard this , he alighted from his beast and helped him , and placed him upon the beast before him , and carried him with him in this manner to the inn where he took up his lodging that night . |
| 22 | Simple , quick and satisfying , self-massage prepares you for the day ahead , restoring energy and easing tension from a weary body . |
| 23 | Schrödinger imagined an experiment in which a cat was placed in a sealed box with a sufficient supply of air to last it for the duration of the experiment . |
| 24 | When our reporter thanked him for the interview , Britain 's friendliest bus driver said : ‘ You are most welcome . ’ |
| 25 | The four , who re-release their single Thank You For The Music next week , split up 10 years ago . |
| 26 | ‘ We had a bit of a struggle to get them for the wedding , but you can pull various strings to hold things back . ’ |
| 27 | Fencing for Nursery Playgroup A letter has been received from the playgroup thanking us for the provision of the fence . |
| 28 | Fencing for Nursery Playgroup A letter has been received from the playgroup thanking us for the provision of the fence . |
| 29 | Bob was wondering whether you got his letter thanking you for the book . |
| 30 | George , who was to be in charge of the wires , having earlier walked round her as if he were the hangman measuring her for the drop , said Mary Deare would come into her own when she flew . |