Example sentences of "[adv] thank [pron] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
| 2 | I bump into a lot of people at conferences , so I have n't been able to write formally to thank you for the meeting because I do n't want anything on the record then |
| 3 | She could hardly thank them for the tears in her eyes . |
| 4 | I mean I have n't thanked her for the money she sent . |
| 5 | As we sat discussing her script in the BBC canteen , her determined manner and the intensity of her gaze occasionally reminded me — though she wo n't thank me for the comparison — of Margaret Thatcher . |
| 6 | Her voice was abrupt and she did n't thank him for the offer . |
| 7 | Well thank you for the game . |