Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other day , some man attacked me for using the phrase ‘ biological clock ’ . |
| 2 | It took me a long time to admit that , but I gradually realized that many people were grateful to me for sharing the thought with them . |
| 3 | She apologized for skulking out of the way so shamelessly , she thanked me for saving the life of their beloved dog who was now prancing around with the children as though nothing had happened , and she finished with the regret that she had n't even asked me my name . |
| 4 | ‘ Can you blame me for holding the very opinion which you deliberately instigated ? |
| 5 | If Mephistco really is determined to punish me for defying the Review Board , they have far more efficient methods at their disposal than sending some freelance vagabond who still has boneyard dust behind her ears to do their dirty work . |
| 6 | Later the European Athletic Association wrote a letter to the British team management reprimanding me for wearing the flag on the rostrum and covering my tracksuit . |
| 7 | So it 's cost me , it 's cost me for ordering the bloody thing |
| 8 | You do n't 'old it against me for pinchin' the wallet , do you ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I expect it is , but it 's the truth , and you 're the last person to condemn me for telling the truth , even though it may offend you to hear it . ’ |
| 10 | If Modernists criticise me for copying the old , I tell them it takes a lifetime to do it well . |
| 11 | He scolds me for leaving the flat . |
| 12 | And another thing you have n't paid me for shoeing the horse the last time . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You 'll forgive me for making the point , ’ said Calatin , ‘ but you do get the odd rebel , even these days . |
| 14 | ‘ Then you can not criticise me for making the best of my situation . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It 's awfully wild , ’ she said , ‘ but you are going the right way ’ — she was proceeding east and going into the storm at the time — and she thanked me for opening the gate . |
| 16 | The Arab said , ‘ They blame me for guarding the food . |
| 17 | We have also had support from our colleagues in Brussels ( see article on page 21 of this issue ) and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for taking the lead and to appeal to Johnson Matthey sites around the world to take up the challenge . |
| 18 | The first of them is the group thank you to all of them for assisting the panel sometimes working on the computing . |
| 19 | You can forgive them anything from this perspective ; you can almost forgive them for changing the clocks . |
| 20 | And they have had many letters too — thanking them for giving the people of Tawau an electricity supply that is the envy of the rest of Eastern Malaysia . |
| 21 | It was melancholy to see in the civil prisons of the metropolis , remarked Grant , men whose birth , education , manners and appearance would have fitted them for occupying the highest positions in society and consequently of proving benefactors to their species , spending no inconsiderable portion of the prime of life amid scenes of deepest degradation . |
| 22 | The tabloids turned on them for selling the idea of drugs to schoolchildren and having too much sex . |
| 23 | Dear Sir and Ladies — We would like to say thank you for saving the train and stopping a very bad accident . |
| 24 | Blaney did n't reply , but stared hard at Dalgliesh as if assessing the sincerity of that simple statement , and then said curtly , ‘ Thank you for helping the children , ’ and lifted his son from Dalgliesh 's shoulder . |
| 25 | ‘ Thank you for helping the men with the hay , ’ she continued . |
| 26 | At their recent meeting Nether Wyresdale Parish Council asked me to write and thank you for allowing the seat from Snowhill to be kept on your property after it had been removed from its base . |
| 27 | Sir , — Thank you for publishing the letters of Mrs. Monica Brummell and Mrs. Rosemary Gomm , I fully agree with the contents of their letters . |
| 28 | I thank you for taking the trouble to share your concerns with me , and hope that you will find the response reassuring . |
| 29 | Thank you for taking the time to complete the questionnaire and we wish you luck in the prize draw . |
| 30 | Thank you for taking the time and come to see us . |