Example sentences of "to congratulate [pron] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And afterwards , Jean-Marie Balestre came over to congratulate me on a fantastic race .
2 It might have been my colleague Ann — who knew my whereabouts — or even my editor , come to congratulate me on the first pages of Lover at the Gate which I had faxed through from the hotel 's secretariat — or even Sophie , come to apologize , though I hardly imagined she had been promoted from child to lady in the few weeks of my absence .
3 In the name of the International Lesbian and Gay Association ( IGLA ) , I would like to congratulate you on the positive stand that Amnesty International has taken at its recent International Council Meeting regarding people imprisoned solely for their homosexuality .
4 Lastly , I would like to congratulate you on the new look ( suck suck ) , and I especially like the PD pages .
5 I 'd also like to congratulate you on the exceptional photographs in the Stephen Hawking article which were both honest and deeply moving .
6 Just a quick note to congratulate you on the preparation of an excellent paper for the next WL/FC liaison meeting .
7 I would like to congratulate you on the production of WAM which I think is stylish , well presented and interesting in content , and encouraging in its attention to issues of class , colour , gender and international politics .
8 As the last of the militiamen were swallowed up by the forest a great roar of delight rose from the gipsies and they crowded around Noah to congratulate him on the unexpected victory he had scored over the Burford magistrate .
9 On March 1 , 1991 , Bolger personally telephoned US President Bush to congratulate him on the allied victory .
10 At the last meeting of the committee I did in fact congratulate the director and his staff for the way in which community care had been implemented current year and I 'd certainly like to congratulate him on the way he 's presented er proposals for next year .
11 I went up to her after the show to congratulate her on the song which was the best of the night .
12 The Government are in an extraordinarily poor position to congratulate themselves on an annus mirabilis .
13 People came up to us to congratulate us on the reading .
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