Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] you for " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a young director working with all-male crews , Karen has had to confront a high level of overt sexism , something the grant-aided sector does n't necessarily prepare you for . |
| 2 | This affordable scheme not only covers you for loss of income , but is useful for the unforeseen expenses as well . |
| 3 | ‘ Ah , but that was when I was only pumping you for information , not giving it to you . |
| 4 | Are you aware she 's only marrying you for your money ? |
| 5 | ‘ We 'll only require you for one hour a day . |
| 6 | ‘ She 's only telling you for your own good , dear , ’ Emily interposed . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'd better reimburse you for the sweets ’ Vernon insisted , in a tight unfriendly voice . |
| 8 | I feel you are all friends , so thank you for a lovely magazine . |
| 9 | Er so thank you for coming and do n't forget the candidates and and Thank John personally for for for being such a very good er candidate in in this erm hustings , er but do n't leave the candidates to You must fee The people in Salford and Eccles and in er Worsley , who get the Manchester Evening News , Er It 's it 's that they they put lo there 's local issues is n't there ? |
| 10 | So thank you for coming . |
| 11 | So thank you for approaching us , I wish you all the best , I ‘ ll hop off soon and catch my bus And give my brain a rest ! |
| 12 | So thank you for your concern , but will you now please go . ’ |
| 13 | So thank you for 1991 , and go for it in 1992 . |
| 14 | So thank you for your honesty ! ’ |
| 15 | The exercise of cooperating with the other people , even though they 're in the same relative area than in this case it may be use of facilities for leisure , is not very easy and there may be a very very good cause to have a proper course in how to get on with other people , in these sort of cooperative ventures , so thank you for , for drawing our attention to it , it is an interes would be an interesting exercise to . |
| 16 | So thank you for giving me the chance to , to air that view . |
| 17 | Well , Mrs Davis , I ca n't promise you a rise ( and I certainly would n't be bold enough to ask you for a hug ! ) but what I can offer you is the chance to choose between a substantial pay-rise … £1,500 a year … and a cheque for the generous sum of £15,000 . |
| 18 | ‘ Lord Mandru will not eat you for breakfast ! ’ he said . |
| 19 | Whatever you may have read or heard about their relationship still can not prepare you for her own account . |
| 20 | If I may say so , you 're a bit long in the tooth to be an articled clerk , and — to make up for that — you have an air of authority that scarcely fits you for a junior position . |
| 21 | The tribunal will generally compensate you for lost fringe benefits , although putting a figure upon them is often another exercise in guesstimation . |
| 22 | Obviously this action-after-the-event does not compensate you for your lost holiday , but the hotel ultimately decides whose bookings it will honour in such situations , and sometimes it seeks to maximise its profit rather than honour contractual obligations . |
| 23 | I 'm not thanking you for that Phil . |
| 24 | I assumed he 'd just picked you for the resemblance . ’ |
| 25 | Dad 's a , dad 's just nominated you for the big in the campus . |
| 26 | Can I just borrow you for a few moments ? |
| 27 | ‘ I had not seen you for over six months , ma'am , it was merely surprise that you have lost a little colour … ’ |
| 28 | So mm it were just a case of a flying visit cos we 've not seen you for nearly twelve months . |
| 29 | I du n no but I got a wonderful hand look wha I 'll just show you for a start , cos I 'm putting that in the box . |
| 30 | ‘ He can not just divorce you for no reason . ’ |