Example sentences of "for [verb] [pron] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank you very much for bringing me the transistor — and I 'm sorry , Dr Vaughan . |
| 2 | The fecund Mr Anderson is , among other things , famous for bringing us the film classic If . |
| 3 | The common denominator of this type of use is not therefore non-entailment but rather viewing knowledge of the referent denoted by the direct object of know as a condition for attributing what the infinitive denotes to this referent . |
| 4 | Bill Rear has captured the passing years on this line perfectly and his publishers are to be congratulated for allowing him the space in which to present his work . |
| 5 | ‘ I am not bitter about that , only grateful to Arbroath for allowing me the opportunity to put what I have learned over the years into practice , ’ said McGrain , who was awarded the MBE in 1983 for his services to the game . |
| 6 | Firstly can I say thank you to Asda and Long Eaton who I work for for allowing me the day off so I can come into Radio Nottingham . |
| 7 | The real problem is that if solicitors prepare the written brief , there is much less of a case for denying them the right of audience to argue that brief before the court . |
| 8 | He sued Jax Liquor Store for selling him the booze . |
| 9 | I owe you something for selling you the house . |
| 10 | Thank you President and Congress for granting me the honour to report back on behalf of the ten G M B Members in the European Parliament . |
| 11 | The second is the principle of integrity in adjudication : it asks those responsible for deciding what the law is to see and enforce it as coherent in that way . |
| 12 | It is said that MPs have not had many letters about the case , in which three businessmen nearly went to jail for doing what the Government had encouraged them to do . |
| 13 | Where the statutory authority is merely permissive , with no clause imposing liability for nuisance , the authority is not liable for doing what the statute authorises , provided it is not negligent ; but it is liable when there is a clause imposing liability for nuisance , even if it is not negligent . |
| 14 | The major reason given for giving them the boot was the requirement for a shit-hot pitch when the Euro championships come round in 96 . |
| 15 | sends her sincere thanks to for giving them the opportunity to hold the ball . |
| 16 | Robyn shot back , furious with herself for giving him the opportunity to make her feel foolish and inferior all over again . |
| 17 | In the last few months he had consciously ingratiated himself with Joe , flattered him , let Joe think that he was grateful to him for giving him the breaker 's job . |
| 18 | Speaking as the operation began , Mr Barnett thanked the person who gave permission for the donation : ‘ I know that Aisling , even if she does not survive , would want me to express my eternal gratitude to them for giving her the chance to live . ’ |
| 19 | I 've got I , I as I say , I feel very grateful to the society for giving me the chance . |
| 20 | I 'm therefore doubly grateful to you for giving me the chance to meet you today , and I hope that some of the contacts I might make today will stand me in good stead in the job that I 'm doing in Oxford over the next year or so . |
| 21 | So thank you for giving me the chance to , to air that view . |
| 22 | I am very grateful to the Accademia Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence for giving me the opportunity to give this paper as a lecture at the Accademia on 1 May 1992 . |
| 23 | I am grateful to my hon. Friend for giving me the opportunity to reinforce the Government 's commitment to protect green belt districts . |
| 24 | But thank you for giving me the hope , coat peg to hang some further comment . |
| 25 | So I felt inexpressible gratitude to you for giving me the support and care of that relationship , however attenuated it appeared to me at times : |
| 26 | ‘ Myself , I am thankful to finish second and thank Williams for giving me the car to do the job . ’ |
| 27 | For giving me the courage to do what I did . " |
| 28 | Shame on the Ordnance Survey for giving it the name of Ingleborough Hill on some of their maps : it is every inch a mountain and , although not the highest in England as was once thought and is overtopped by many others , one of the grandest . |
| 29 | ‘ No doubt you 'd have revelled in the opportunity to play Mr Wonderful on the slopes if the roads had n't been blocked , but frankly I did n't see any reason for giving you the chance to do the same here . |
| 30 | In conclusion , I 'd like to thank you very much for giving us the opportunity to present our petition . |