Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [pron] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Basildon ( Mr. Amess ) for allowing me to say a few words on a matter that is so important to my constituents and to his . |
| 2 | Can I therefore finish by thanking all our employees , worldwide , most sincerely for helping us write a further chapter in what continues to be a major UK success story . |
| 3 | I would therefore like to finish by thanking you all most sincerely for helping us to write a further chapter in what continues to be a major UK success story . |
| 4 | Add to this the impending introduction of the reforms to community care and the prospect of a tight year of NHS spending in 1993–4 and you could forgive Virginia Bottomley for wishing she had a different portfolio . |
| 5 | Was sleeping with him the price you had to pay for having him throw a little business your way ? ’ |