Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] thank [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | presented him with a huge pepper mill and thanked him for his hard work . |
| 2 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 3 | I did ring Agnes away back in January and thanked her for having you ; I was ringing her partly to tell her that , strangely , one of her Hungarian friends from Southampton ( called ) is now the computer expert at Chambers , whose services I 've been using recently to accomplish the final formatting of my questionnaire and piece of sample text . |
| 4 | Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside . |
| 5 | Erm , Chair , delegates thank you for the welcome and thank you for the invitation to speak to you . |
| 6 | Welcome and thank you for inviting me to your ceremony . |
| 7 | Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me . |
| 8 | " Say " Goodbye " nicely to Miss Nicandra and thank her for coming to pay you a little visit . " |
| 9 | I 'd like if I may , to take this opportunity of paying tribute to the er helpful , cooperative attitude that the auditing practices board displayed in what were often long and very complex discussions and to thank them for the clear and helpful statement with which they shortly er plan to issue er to er accompany these order and to bring them into practical effect . |
| 10 | Thank you for the bouquet of flowers sent to me on behalf of all our local branch AND Thank you for my other flowers later , ‘ when maybe I needed them even more ! ’ |
| 11 | " I 'd like to write to the marquis and thank him for what he did for me . |
| 12 | I would like to welcome Frances to the team and to thank her for ‘ volunteering ’ to promote the Johnson Matthey Mac Challenge personal fund raiser ! ! |
| 13 | These are the sort of things we 'd say to a good person in a formal situation , erm , you 're reliable , trustworthy , you know , we can rely on you to do a good job for us , doing your job well and with enthusiasm , when left in charge there 's been no problems , you 're responsible and flexible , you 're conscientious , I can trust you for , to do a good job and thank you for your contribution to the team . |
| 14 | Our Chairman , Richard Newcombe , who has taken a particular interest in the museum , then spoke , welcoming the guests and thanking them for their support . |
| 15 | I 've moved back into and er I 'd just like to say I 'm sure on behalf of all of you and the people of that we see this as a tremendous move and thank you for the work you 've put in . |
| 16 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 17 | I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) on his success in securing this debate and thank him for raising the disturbing and important question of the use of knives in crime . |
| 18 | A furtive junior diplomat bowing and scraping his way out of the interview section of the Lefortovo , ogling the KGB man and thanking him for a fifteen-minute access to a prisoner for whom the key was now thrown far away . |
| 19 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 20 | Thank you for your letter and thank you for letting us see your nine-volume Complete History of Wimbledon . |
| 21 | He said ‘ goodbye ’ to our neighbour and thanked her for 'everything ’ , and he squeezed her hand . |
| 22 | Central Council appreciates the contribution made by the RAFALOs and thanks them for their efforts . |
| 23 | June welcomed Kay Evans and thanked her for sparing time once again to attend our training day ; also Rita Quick who had made the long journey south from Newcastle to assist with the training . |