Example sentences of "[be] [adj] [prep] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 've been used to it for centuries . |
| 2 | also accompanied the group and special thanks are due to him for his organisation and for looking after the Grantham pensioners welfare . |
| 3 | ‘ The thanks of everyone in the company are due to them for really pulling out the stops when it was needed ’ . |
| 4 | Mr. Spearing : Is the Leader of the House aware that those who are concerned about this matter are grateful to him for referring to the Select Committee 's report of two years ago and that we look forward to the Government implementing the intention that they stated at that time ? |
| 5 | But a wider public , both inside and outside the University , are grateful to him for the windows he has opened up to them , through his recent chairmanship of the Friends of the Welsh National Opera , through his talks and articles , and above all through his learned , wise and witty discourses on Wagner . |
| 6 | ‘ We are grateful to them for helping to liberate Belgium , ’ he says . |
| 7 | It was made for Barclays Bank and we are grateful to them for allowing us to adapt it for our own use . |
| 8 | ‘ If you are grateful to me for what I did in my childhood , I hope you have improved your way of life now . |
| 9 | I am grateful to him for gentle handling . |
| 10 | I am grateful to him for drawing my attention to that . |
| 11 | The particular question that my hon. Friend raises is for my right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General , but I am grateful to him for reminding me of the precise statistics with which it is always sensible to be armed in any conference on the agreement . |
| 12 | I am grateful to him for pausing for a second , at the end of a busy day , to take note of and observe the great benefits to his constituents and those of my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock ( Mr. Janman ) as a result of the establishment of the new trust . |
| 13 | My hon. Friend has made the point clearly and I am grateful to him for doing so , in view of which I do not think a debate is necessary . |
| 14 | On his first point , I am grateful to him for his confession . |
| 15 | I am grateful to him for what he has just said . |
| 16 | At present , other matters are proceeding , but I can tell the hon. Gentleman — I am grateful to him for seeking clarification — that in respect of a further order for type 23s , I expect that to be at a broadly similar interval comparing this with the previous order that was placed . |
| 17 | I am grateful to you for the information . |
| 18 | Sir , — I am grateful to you for having given me a right of reply to the article which appeared on p 20 of the October issue of ACCOUNTANCY , IoT campaigns for rejection . |
| 19 | I am grateful to you for your prayers , fellowship , cards , letters , flowers and the many practical ways in which you have surrounded me with God 's love . |
| 20 | As always , I am grateful to you for helping with our recruitment leaflet , a copy of which I have enclosed . |
| 21 | I am grateful to you for agreeing to ensure my interest is expressed to the relevant Appointments Committee . |
| 22 | Excuse me for that er actually erm and I am grateful to you for pointing out really an area which is always going to cause erm a degree of difficulty . |
| 23 | he 's got to be himself , for , yeah selfish it 's been easier for us for transport problem , if Paul decides to go somewhere else I think you 've got to give 'em them freedom to do it , freedom of choice |
| 24 | He may have been dependent on me for the time being for his physical well-being , but at the deepest level he was dependent on Montaine . |
| 25 | ‘ But I have conquered this disease before and been free of it for two years . |
| 26 | Since the newcomers are dependent upon them for neither employment nor housing , they are not inhibited by a web of economic and social ties from expressing their opposition to the opinions and activities of farmers or landowners hitherto considered locally omnipotent , Middle-class and well-educated , they even compete with farmers and landowners for positions of authority and local responsibility , disrupting or threatening to disrupt the customary hierarchy of dominance and status in the village . |
| 27 | because of the look of it , when in fact that 's only part of it it depends whether he 's gon na be motivated there , they mo it 's not gon na need much motivation but if people are interested in you for what you are like , like they have been , yeah , and he 's experienced all , he 's been somebody special there has n't he ? |
| 28 | ‘ You mean you 're grateful to her for sending someone with an ulterior motive ? ’ |
| 29 | Er it 's okay to say , yes three or four thousand I 'll play about with and I think Japan 'll be good for the next five years , that 's a different matter , but if you 're dependent on something for income and security , then you ca n't really take a risk profile on , on , on your money . |
| 30 | There is a real danger in only doing the classical things — you 're OK with it for a time , but then you 're left high and dry when fashion moves on . ’ |