Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [to-vb] you for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't mind admitting I 've been wanting to meet you for some time . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I 've been wanting to tell you for ages , but I could n't while you were so worried . |
| 3 | ‘ I am writing to thank you for a lovely holiday near Brno in Czechoslovakia at the Hotel Form . |
| 4 | I am writing to thank you for the Morrissey article . |
| 5 | I am writing to thank you for the coverage you gave my launch as the No More Pylons candidate ( Echo March 26 ) . |
| 6 | Erm if they 're going to charge you for your water by how much you use , they do n't just charge you twenty when you 've got your hose running . |
| 7 | Your hose pipe twenty gallons a minute , well you ran that for ten minutes say , so that was two hundred gallons we 're going to charge you for there , and your six gallons a minute appliance here , you ran that for forty minutes , right ? |
| 8 | That 's a gallon per minute times forty minutes then cancel with gallons so they 're going to charge you for two hundred and forty gallons . |
| 9 | Wallering Remember Christopher Robin , his wise old house spelt his name Wal We 're going to name you for the elms at the foot of the garden . |
| 10 | ‘ Dear Fatal , ’ writes Philip Saunders from North Devon , ‘ I 'm writing to thank you for the excellent screen wipes . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm glad to hear that , ’ said Zach , ‘ because I 'm going to ask you for another good suggestion . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Naturally we 're hoping that you 'll continue to use your skills on the front line , so to speak , but the advertising department are hoping to use you for a bit of company PR . |
| 13 | I 've been trying to find you for ages . ’ |
| 14 | I 've been trying to get you for ages but your line 's been engaged . ’ |
| 15 | In some circumstances , of course , this perception is justified : if you are a boy in Tanzania selling peanuts in the street in order to survive , you may be perfectly correct in your perception that the policeman approaching you is going to blackmail you for not having a street seller 's license , rather than to assist you in making an honest living . |
| 16 | ‘ I ca n't imagine what she wants , ’ Joanna said , ‘ unless , having quarelled with Robert , she 's going to ask you for a job . ’ |
| 17 | So to find out how much you pay for , how much actual energy has been used up , you think it , again going back to the water , if we have a big tank full of water and we 're using it up , this time in terms of power , erm if we have something that 's using up water at the rate of say six gallons a minute and someone 's going to charge you for your water . |
| 18 | So that you 've got a vague idea of er what 's going to befall you for the rest of today ? |
| 19 | And , if you 're travelling solo , no one 's going to compensate you for having to change your plans at the last minute . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , but nobody 's going to consider you for a junior post any more . ’ |
| 21 | Nobody 's going to fire you for that ! |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I 've been meaning to tell you for ages . |
| 23 | Alarmed by her vehemence , Nicky replied , ‘ I 've been meaning to tell you for ages . |
| 24 | ‘ I was phoning to thank you for getting me out of police headquarters . ’ |