Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] you for [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | comment if I asked you for some advice ? |
| 2 | I have n't been able to make myself believe I hate you for some time now , Luke . ’ |
| 3 | I just knew I was inspired when I proposed you for this job here , that it would come back to me in some incredible way . |
| 4 | How I hated you for that . ’ |
| 5 | Cos I owe you for those , oh you need to take it out |
| 6 | I do not relish the thought of leaving her here with him while I drive you for many miles and wait for you to linger by shop windows . ’ |
| 7 | Can I thank you for those generous comments that you say towards er , , I think they 're totally true , he 's worked extremely hard in making sure this council has a budget which balanced , and it 's due to his expertise and bullying tactics that we 've succeeded , and he should be fully congratulated for that , and I think it 's the determination of those who were elected in May as well , to make sure that we protected services and jobs , and , and make sure that we actually carried out the mandate which the electors elected us to do that we have such ach achieved what we have achieved today . |
| 8 | I loved you for thirteen days of my life , and did n't the rest of my life count for anything ? ’ |
| 9 | Ca n't I leave you for five minutes ? |
| 10 | ‘ I thank you for that assurance , my lord , ’ said the queen-dowager tremulously , drawing closer the still-sleeping prince . |
| 11 | ‘ Your Grace , ’ Benjamin replied coolly , ‘ I thank you for that but I must agree with Doctor Agrippa — there are matters still unresolved . ’ |
| 12 | Nearly all of you promised to promote Society membership and I thank you for that . |
| 13 | I thank you for all your prayers and support over many years and look forward to these 2 years in and around the fellowship . |
| 14 | So both in your letter to me and your letter to Mr Deva MP , you are helping to keep the voice of public opinion heard , and I thank you for both . |
| 15 | ‘ I blame you for this … |
| 16 | ‘ So will I ask you for forty-two pounds today and then not come near you for a month ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ O Mary , mother of sorrows who knows so well a mother 's anguish , intercede I pray you for this sorrowing mother and her innocent son … ’ |
| 18 | But nothing prepares you for four and a half hours climbing up crumbling ice . |
| 19 | I subsequently wrote to you thanking you for this most generous offer and explaining that we wanted to use them as prizes in a raffle but were unable to proceed at that time . |
| 20 | Why , why would n't she thank you for that ? |
| 21 | Yeah , but I mean I can you tell you for nine , half past something like that . |
| 22 | When Caro made her escape after tea it was with all the usual feelings of guilt and frustration ; with her mother suggesting brightly , ‘ Just let me measure you for that new jumper before you go , Carolyn , ’ and , ‘ Did I show you the new suite we were thinking of getting , in the catalogue ? |
| 23 | We want you for Good Money . |
| 24 | And the same thing , that if a major client like the Health and Safety Executive said to me , Ricky we 're running a regional training week in the last week of November , and we want you for three days , you know , I , I do n't say to them well look you know , well two of those days are catch up days , I ca n't possibly do it , why do n't you move your whole regional training week to next week ? |
| 25 | We want you for flying duties . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ And was n't he being romantic when he suggested that we consider you for this job ? |
| 27 | But , that just means the levels of insurance , as a risk , ah , you know , and we 've just put a rate in to , to represent the , the levels of insurance because we charge you more if we insure you for more then . |
| 28 | We thank you for all your hard work during 1992 and we look forward with renewed enthusiasm to working with you all in 1993 and beyond . |
| 29 | We realize Lord , that we ca n't do it ourself we are totally dependent upon you and yet we thank you for this . |
| 30 | Lord our God , we thank you for these beautiful words from the Masai people . |