Example sentences of "thank [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 2 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 3 | I ca n't think of anything else so I 'll finish by thanking you for all your hard work . |
| 4 | I 'm not thanking you for that Phil . |
| 5 | I subsequently wrote to you thanking you for this most generous offer and explaining that we wanted to use them as prizes in a raffle but were unable to proceed at that time . |
| 6 | Di wrote to her after the ceremony thanking her for all the work she had done for fellow cancer sufferers and for raising £40,000 towards the centre . |
| 7 | After tea she unpacked her shabby and much-mended clothes ( no chance of getting stockings for Christmas now , unless Felicity had a practical fit and sent her some ! ) and wrote two letters : a polite little note to Miss Henry , thanking her for past kindness , and a lengthy epistle to Gay , telling her the gloomy news . |
| 8 | The Clerk was to send a letter of apology to Mrs thanking her for twenty years of service and ask if she 'd reconsider the job . |
| 9 | The Service Consultancy initiative is a major benefit to clients in this area and I have already received many letters from customers , advised by the circular in their invoicing , thanking us for this additional feature . |
| 10 | ‘ But I would like to thank you for one thing — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I came to say goodbye and to thank you for all you 've done . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I have a message from the farmer , who wishes to thank you for all you 've done , ’ she said . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to thank you for all you did for Mam . |
| 14 | Usha , and er I 'd like , on your behalf , to thank you for all she did , and to wish her well in whatever else she decides to do . |
| 15 | I have come to you tonight as much to thank you for that answer as to explain to those of you who already plan to make your home in Eretz — and to any others who may make such a decision in the future — what lies before you . ’ |
| 16 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 17 | ‘ Mrs Wormwood is n't going to thank you for this , ’ the man said as he led her into the sitting-room where a large platinum-blonde woman was gazing rapturously at the TV screen . |
| 18 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 19 | Nick , I wanted to thank you for last night . |
| 20 | Mr Chairman , er , I 'd like to thank you for those nice words of introduction but I am particularly delighted as I am a lifelong member of the G M B , of almost thirty five years ' standing , due to my employment with British Gas and my long membership with the Labour Party . |
| 21 | I thanked him for all he had bought . |
| 22 | She thanked him for that as well . |
| 23 | And then he gave order that all the windows of the towers which looked in upon the town should be closed up , that the Christians might not see what the Moors did in their houses ; and the Moors thanked him for this greatly . |
| 24 | Do n't think Jen would thank me for that though . |
| 25 | You 'll thank me for this later . |
| 26 | " You 'll thank me for this later , lads . |
| 27 | You 'll thank me for this ! ’ |
| 28 | At the last meeting of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I was asked to write and thank you for all the hard work you have put in to make the centre of Scorton look so nice . |
| 29 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
| 30 | ‘ I suppose I must thank you for that , ’ replied the Queen of Casterbridge market rather ungratefully . |