Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] you for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just thought I 'd told you for cos from the erm , title i , you would n't think it was about the navy . |
| 2 | If I 'd asked you for it you 'd probably have punched me in the eye . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Simon reckoned he 'd adored you for years and that he intended to be that boyfriend , and he 'd make it happen by ensuring the two of you were together as much as possible . |
| 4 | If someone was looking for The Bar in those days — because there was no name written up or sign for it , no lights at all , and not even a number on the door , Madame liked to keep it that way even when she did n't have to any more — I mean when she opened up we may all have been in a sort of hiding , and not many people knew about The Bar and our life there , but it was n't that way later , and now you know we can have lights and advertising and you see boys queueing up outside every night , very public , and I like to see that — but in those days , in those days if somebody arranged to meet you for a date there , and it was their first time and they were n't sure how to find us , you 'd joke with them , and you 'd say well first there is a wedding , and then there 's a death , and there 's the news , and then there 's us ; meaning , first there 's the shop with the flowers , the real ones , and next door to that is the undertaker 's with the fake flowers in the window , china , all dusty ; and then the newsagent 's and magazine shop , and then right next door to that is The Bar . |
| 5 | You see , I kept blaming you for everything , but that was n't fair , a lot of it was my fault too , and I might make the same mistakes all over again , and I could n't bear that . |
| 6 | If , on the other hand , your boss kept chasing you for ideas and generally putting the pressure on you until he got ideas that he considered satisfactory , then , providing you found the pressure ‘ nasty ’ and its cessation ‘ nice ’ , behaviour of putting forward ideas would also have been reinforced . |
| 7 | done it , she said I was reading it here and I meant to ask you for the , she said , anyway when he come back I said have you found them out , alright , he said I 've had a go he said |
| 8 | I did take you for a couple staying there together , and normally I would have retreated smartly and come back here again , but for what had already happened . |
| 9 | It is n't fair that you 're only a secretary at Hoggatt 's because no-one bothered to educate you for anything else . |
| 10 | ‘ I got to charge you for the call-out , ’ said the cop . |
| 11 | Unused as I am to public scribbling , and tardy to boot ( I 've just read your December/January issue ) , I felt I had to thank you for saving me time and trouble ( not to mention hard-won shekels ) , in a search for something which obviously does not exist . |
| 12 | Just imagine what your reaction would be if you were given a brand new washing machine and told that it had to last you for seventy years or more . |
| 13 | erm I ca n't hear for Dorothy 's car , what did you say ? is he going I think I 'd better I said thank you for the cake |
| 14 | When I said thank you for that . |
| 15 | Well I actually said thank you for that and she dissolved into fits of laughter . |
| 16 | Nick , I wanted to thank you for last night . |
| 17 | I wanted to thank you for the wonderful pair of walking boots — a prize from the February issue of Outdoor Action . |
| 18 | ‘ Kress , I just wanted to thank you for what you did to-night . |
| 19 | " I also wanted to thank you for what you did this afternoon , " she said quietly . |
| 20 | ‘ I only wanted to thank you for organizing a unique experience for me . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I wanted to thank you for returning my earring . |