Example sentences of "[pers pn] for [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My son was very cross with me for burdening you with the basket of flowers . ’ |
| 2 | My dear George YOU WILL not thank me for congratulating you on a lucky escape . |
| 3 | Come kiss me and tell me you forgive me for exposing you to so much danger and distress . |
| 4 | My cherished Höfner acoustic guitar recently tried to murder me for leaving it in the boot of the car on a hot sunny day . |
| 5 | Curse me for having nothing in this world to give him but gratitude ! ’ |
| 6 | My aggressiveness towards the adults around me for putting me in such an invidious position was certainly unacknowledged and unconscious , and had my sisters not told me of my bullying tactics — which I had conveniently forgotten — it is likely that I should not be able to acknowledge it even now . |
| 7 | Begone to thy corner , wench , lest thy paramour kill me for trampling thee under my foot . |
| 8 | I found myself hating them , hating myself for hating them , hating myself for wanting to say so , hating them for putting me in a position of wanting to say so . |
| 9 | She said , ‘ More fool you for leaving it in a car park , ’ and little Apricot said , ‘ Yes , that 's right , Mum . |
| 10 | Thank you for inviting me to the information evening last week at St Thomas ' . |
| 11 | Welcome and thank you for inviting me to your ceremony . |
| 12 | Thank you for providing them in 1990 . |
| 13 | Thank you for providing me with an excellent short article for the summer edition of Rural Wales . |
| 14 | Thank you for providing me with two very appropriate slides of new housing in Ceredigion . |
| 15 | Thank you for allowing me to . . |
| 16 | Thank you for allowing me to . |
| 17 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 18 | Thank you for taking me for that delectable breath of fresh air — it 's something I 'll always remember . ’ |
| 19 | Thank you for telling us about it . |
| 20 | Draping an arm about Seb 's shoulders , Noah said , ‘ Thank you for warning us of the magistrate 's approach , Seb . |
| 21 | Dear Grandfather , I am very much indebted to you for sending me to school , and especially to my present Teachers , who have greatly contributed to my improvement , but to you is due all the knowledge I possess . |
| 22 | Both you and I are much blamed by the " crouner and capitanes " and in truth not without cause , for they say there is no wrong done in Ireland but only that which is done by these men that come from Ila , and Auchinbrecke said to me that he would complain to my Lord of you for sending them at all , except men you have passed and will be answerable for . |
| 23 | And it 's just after 7.00 Thursday night on Fox , thank you for choosing us for tonight , now until ten . |
| 24 | Thank you for sharing it with me . ’ |
| 25 | Erm , I think it fair to say that if you 'd asked more or less to the next meeting and probably sub-committee would be quite , quite acceptable and I would thank you for drawing it to our to our attention . |
| 26 | So thank you very much indeed , for coming , for addressing us , and we look forward I think both at national level and as you suggest , at local level with ever more valuable and productive relationships with the private sector , together with the other partners which , er , whom we need , and thank you for leading us along this |
| 27 | Thank you for notifying me of this meeting . |
| 28 | ‘ If she 's so keen to save a spot of money then she wo n't thank you for cheating her of eight grand . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Thank you for informing me about this interesting case , ’ Holmes said . |
| 30 | 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 . |