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Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adv] for the " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	The other is that he heard me following , and staged the attack on himself , with the help of some accomplice unknown — for it could n't have been done alone , could it ? — to put himself in the clear , and immobilise me long enough for the other person to get away , and the body to be well downstream .
2	It will see me all right for the day .
3	‘ Oh , really ? ’ says Freddie , bending his lips upwards on one side of his face into a suggestion of general benevolence , but moving them only sparingly for the purpose of articulation .
4	‘ So you want me in just for the plaster and to give your student laddies additional geriatric experience ?
5	The squirrels would be collecting them all very soon , Miss Honey said , and storing them away carefully for the bleak months ahead .
6	Further , if a shopper with some perverted sense of humour , intending only to create confusion and nothing more both for the supermarket and for other shoppers , switches labels , I do not think that that act of label switching alone is without more an appropriation , though it is not difficult to envisage some cases of dishonest label switching which could be .
7	Fellow Tablers I thank you most sincerely for the honour and opportunity you have given me to become your sixtieth National President .
8	Thank you so much for the tea . ’
9	And thank you so much for the beautiful card , the towel and bookmarks .
10	‘ Thank you so much for the advice , ’ Alyssia muttered , relieved that some of the tension had been dissolved .
11	‘ Thank you so much for the advice , ’ she told him with icy calm , ‘ but I can assure you that it was n't necessary . ’
12	‘ Thank you so much for the information , ’ she muttered with cold politeness .
13	Thank you so much for the mince pies — you never forget me — ’
14	IT is sad that a pub should turn you away simply for the kind of fashion you decide to adopt , particularly since you had been an accepted customer for some years .
15	As a preventative , anti-stress technique , self-massage sets you up perfectly for the day ahead — and works brilliantly as an end-of-day treat .
16	‘ Thank you very much for the lift . ’
17	Thank you very much for the balaclava pattern , unfortunately my machine is a Toyota 858 so this is no use as it is for a Pfaff or Passap Duomatic .
18	Jean and Martin Currie would like to thank you very much for the clothes , blankets and chocolates you have donated recently — these have been distributed through the Glasgow City Mission .
19	He was in one of his sour , silent moods and when Nick said , ‘ Hepzibah said thank you very much for the biscuits , ’ he only grunted in answer .
20	Thank you very much for the coffee .
21	Mr Mason has asked me to thank you very much for the invitation to attend the announcement of the name of the winning architect chosen to design the new Museum on 13th August .
22	Mum said , ‘ Thank you very much for the driving bed , Mr Bennet , ’ but he shook his head .
23	Anyway , thank you very much for the , you , you probably did n't hear all the reproofs on the radio , Steve , some about my er , radio staff bottle .
24	Erm can we can you as part of the discussion , can you start off by saying well thank you very much for the call that you gave me last week but erm erm there 's there 's just a couple of sizes I 'd like to talk talk to you about .
25	Thank you very much for the order .
26	You said thank you very much for the duck 's egg .
27	Thame United — thank you very much for the phone call , we 've got your fixture — and shall I mention it ?
28	Thank you very much for the work you 've put in .
29	And after Cardinal Red carried him to a two and a half length win over Gaelstrom in the Belle Epoque Sefton Novices Hurdle , de Haan said : ‘ That has set me up perfectly for the National .
30	‘ But I did n't catch it , ’ said Stuart , puzzled , not realising the adult wish to make everything all right for the child , and to justify buying the rod .