Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] for this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Waterlife Research Industries have kindly replaced the test kit , even though they were not at fault and I would like to thank them for this . |
| 2 | Later , from South Africa , he wrote to thank me for this advice , but now he reciprocated by telling me , with great gentleness , that I should not go on hoping , as he himself had searched the P.O.W. lists , and Leslie 's name was not on any of them . |
| 3 | I had had a week in this quiet place in which to relax and order my thoughts — a week of peace to sustain me for this encounter , not to mention a good meal and a half-bottle of wine just consumed . |
| 4 | An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss . |
| 5 | ‘ Mrs Wormwood is n't going to thank you for this , ’ the man said as he led her into the sitting-room where a large platinum-blonde woman was gazing rapturously at the TV screen . |
| 6 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 7 | He decided to smack her for this . |
| 8 | The second is that it is not the right allocation of available resources to use them for this patient . |
| 9 | How many men are you going to give me for this work ? ’ |
| 10 | Of the love , she knew he was growing tired but since her own ardour had considerably diminished after Pilade 's birth she was not disposed to criticise him for this . |
| 11 | Her parents were still concerned about her and she had asked them to accompany her for this first appointment . |
| 12 | The best thing for this chap would be to caution him for this offence . |
| 13 | " You 're probably going to hate me for this . " |
| 14 | From the prologues to the Heautontimorumenos and the Adelphoe we know that his competitors had tried to discredit him for this . |
| 15 | They 're hoping to get it for this being an international airport . |
| 16 | So , basically what I 'm here to ask you for this evening is your support of the project , and specifically , if the town council could buy us another one of these shipping containers . |
| 17 | And he 's given us certain gifts to enable us for this to happen in our lives . |
| 18 | She had not been far behind him , and yet had heard no sound to prepare her for this . |