Example sentences of "thank him [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pope acknowledges Oswiu 's conversion to orthodoxy and the Roman Easter , thanks him for the gifts he has sent but grieves that the bearer of these gifts had died in Rome , and regrets that he has not been able at the time of writing to find someone suitable to send as Wigheard 's replacement . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | She intended to plead her own nervousness and her desire not to be destined for public exhibition and planned to finish by thanking him for the compliment of his request and wishing him well in finding a more practised model . |
| 4 | He has dedicated his entire career to the development of sport in Scotland and I am sure all Council members will want to join me in thanking him for the commitment he has shown over the years . ’ |
| 5 | Laing was mollified , thanked him with the more formal and gracious ‘ Ashkurak ’ and withdrew . |
| 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 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 8 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 9 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks , ’ Lisa smiled back as she thanked him for the coffee . |
| 11 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 12 | When our reporter thanked him for the interview , Britain 's friendliest bus driver said : ‘ You are most welcome . ’ |
| 13 | When they reached the hotel , he walked with her to her room , and she thanked him in a rather stilted voice for a very pleasant evening . |
| 14 | He was magnificent again at Anfield and I personally thanked him after the game for what he had done . ’ |
| 15 | Her voice was abrupt and she did n't thank him for the offer . |
| 16 | Erm , I mean , he wrote a lot , I saw him church on Sunday and I did thank him for the letter |
| 17 | You 'll thank him in the end , you mark my words . ’ |
| 18 | Once again he has to thank him for a new book , this time Nineteen Eighty-Four ( 1949 ) ; but now he sounds cool . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | I thank him for a speedy and compassionate response . |
| 21 | I thank him with a glance and push it a little closer to her . |