Example sentences of "i [vb base] [verb] you for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So do n't let's moan about , I mean thank you for your point , I 'm not putting you down , but let , let's sort of get up there and , and go for it if we , if we feel we can contribute . |
| 2 | I do n't know your name , but I want to thank you for your kindness to me on the night I left Weatherbury . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I want to thank you for the roses , ’ she said . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to thank you for all you did for Mam . |
| 6 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to thank you for the last five minutes . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Nurse Shelley , I want to thank you for caring for me , ’ said the old lady . |
| 9 | Two months later this tram-driver stopped me : ‘ I want to see you for a minute . |
| 10 | For example , although we do not have in English the grammaticalization of the levels of respect that exist in Javanese , we do have means of expressing degrees of respect , largely by choices in the use of expressions : thus ( 31 ) would generally be a more polite request than ( 30 ) : ( 30 ) I want to see you for a moment ( 31 ) I wondered if I could possibly see you for a moment So by taking at first just the grammaticalized or encoded features of context in the world 's languages , we would have both something like a " discovery procedure " for relevant functions of language , and a constraint on the relatively vacuous theorizing that often attends speculation about the " functions of speech " . |
| 11 | I want to commend you for the excellent job you have done on the Missing Girl story , from the time it broke until her body was found . |
| 12 | ‘ I do thank you for stopping and not running poor Nellie over . |
| 13 | ‘ I do thank you for your courtesy , Master MacAirth . ’ |
| 14 | " No it has n't and I do thank you for your help . |
| 15 | I do thank you for finding me - " |
| 16 | ‘ But I do thank you for your hospitality , sir . |
| 17 | I 've dittoed you for why |
| 18 | I 've dittoed you for why , mm is there any thing you fancy ? , look at tomorrow 's pick |
| 19 | There 's the background there I 've met you for for ten minutes . |
| 20 | oh yes he said I 've worked it out those extra hours I 've paid you for them but I thought you actually worked for them for nothing and I 've just given you a bonus |
| 21 | I 've known you for years . |
| 22 | ‘ I 've known you for some years now . |
| 23 | I do n't know why , but I feel I 've known you for years . ’ |
| 24 | So erm now I 've talked you for so long that I 've not got time to play this bit about the werewolves at Retford you see |
| 25 | On behalf of the Society , and particularly those involved in medical work , I write to thank you for your kind gift of £391 . |
| 26 | ‘ On behalf of the family of my late brother , Robert , I wish to thank you for the compassion and care shown to him by your organization during his long and difficult illness . |
| 27 | I wish to thank you for listening to what was ‘ said ’ to you and for your integrity in replying publicly and as you did . |
| 28 | But I need to see you for a moment . |
| 29 | ‘ I have forgiven you for the same ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I have sought you for many a long day , ’ said Caspar , cheerfully , pursuing the rather frail ploy he had thought up earlier in case of precisely this eventuality . |