Example sentences of "thanked [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She thanked me for the information — and then she left . ’ |
| 2 | Freya thanked me at the end of her letter for ‘ taking the time to care about a subject so little understood ’ , which was a sentence I heard often from girls in one way or another , in researching this book . |
| 3 | As we left I thanked her for the ‘ nice tea ’ and off we went . |
| 4 | Mahoney thanked her for the meal and left , stepping out onto the pavement . |
| 5 | Betty thanked her for the bucket and smiled at her , and Lydia , who , if Betty went on like this , might turn out to be quite human , decided that she would take her her breakfast in bed in the morning : thin crispy toast with a scraping of butter and golden clear jasmine tea , and an egg-cupful of harebells to remind her of the sky . |
| 6 | I thanked her for the dance and Werewolf bowed deeply to her ‘ girlfriend ’ ( Oxnard , California ) , which made her day , as they say in those parts . |
| 7 | Laing was mollified , thanked him with the more formal and gracious ‘ Ashkurak ’ and withdrew . |
| 8 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 9 | In the car on the return journey , clutching the row of books like a concertina , Mungo thanked him for the third time , promising to pay him the moment they got home . |
| 10 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'll be working like a Trojan for the next twelve weeks , ’ Lisa smiled back as she thanked him for the coffee . |
| 12 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 13 | When our reporter thanked him for the interview , Britain 's friendliest bus driver said : ‘ You are most welcome . ’ |
| 14 | He was magnificent again at Anfield and I personally thanked him after the game for what he had done . ’ |