Example sentences of "you for the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And sir , both of you , both you sir , Mr and you sir , Mr , er I would like to thank you for the way in the way you have conducted this enquiry . |
| 2 | And if you let me go I will forgive you for the way in which you have just spoken to me . ’ |
| 3 | The judge told him : ‘ There must be a severe penalty to punish you for the enormity of what you have done . |
| 4 | There must be a severe penalty to punish you for the enormity of what you have done and to deter others from wicked driving like this . |
| 5 | Thank you for the correspondence regarding the above ( memo from Les McEwan to Bill Lang , 6 July 1993 and memo from Bill Lang to Les McEwan , 5 July 1993 ) . |
| 6 | It 's very difficult to get professional advice that is apposite — you used to be able to get free advice from the Ministry of Agriculture but now they charge you for the privilege of being told how not to farm . ’ |
| 7 | Thank you for the bouquet of flowers sent to me on behalf of all our local branch AND Thank you for my other flowers later , ‘ when maybe I needed them even more ! ’ |
| 8 | JOHN Major 's income tax cut which Labour described as a bribe should be in the people 's pockets in mid-May , but he should be able to provide an even greater post-election thank you for the majority of voters in the form of a stabilised housing market . |
| 9 | ‘ No matter how well briefed you 've been ’ , he says , ‘ nothing can prepare you for the shock of international rugby . |
| 10 | Thank you for the cheque for £300 , a receipt for which is enclosed . |
| 11 | Oh I 'm surprised they did n't charge you for the cost of a single journey . |
| 12 | so when would the first figures be given by you for the purpose of printing , approximately |
| 13 | Mm , so what if could erm , could come up with a policy , that you pay your premiums in , but it covers you for the whole of your life . |
| 14 | Come over and I 'll wine you and dine you and make love with you for the rest of your life . |
| 15 | Looking back , I need not have turned my nose up with such scorn when any of them approached me , as I 'm sure they did need some friendly contacts , but if one showed any signs of friendliness , they interpreted this as an invitation to attach themselves to you for the rest of the day , and probably the night too . |
| 16 | What you learn in a lesson will stay with you for the rest of you life . |
| 17 | You 'll have to carry that stigma around with you for the rest of your life . |
| 18 | The impact of visiting the massive tributes to monumental Egyptian architecture at Luxor , the Valley of the Kings , Cairo 's old town and many museums , and of course the great pyramids and Sphinx at Giza , will affect you and stay with you for the rest of your life . |
| 19 | All that baggage they pile on you , he said , and you 're going to have to carry it round with you for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You 've got enough money to keep you for the rest of your life . |
| 21 | So that you 've got a vague idea of er what 's going to befall you for the rest of today ? |
| 22 | ‘ I think you should know , though , ’ she added with a perverse sense of enjoyment , ‘ that I do n't want to romp in the hay with you for the rest of my holiday here . |
| 23 | Or else he could have fed and kept you for the rest of your life ! ’ |
| 24 | He said it was clear to him you were pining away , and that you could only be saved if I took you away and made love to you for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 25 | I 'm going to keep a short rope on you for the rest of our lives . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I want to be with you for the rest of my life . |
| 27 | And she said well I 'm not gon na speak to you for the rest of the week then . |
| 28 | But there is nothing on land that can prepare you for the profusion of shapes and colours of the corals themselves . |
| 29 | IN this chapter I want to search with you for the spirit of place , to conjure up the spirit that will give life and breath to descriptions of places . |
| 30 | Thank you for the article for the Newsletter and the two translations of the leaflet . |