Example sentences of "[noun sg] thank [pron] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Tonight I want to take the opportunity to thank her for her patience and support .
2 I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their support , and I hope that when my nest book is published they will feel confident enough to treat me just as a novelist and not as a problem . ’
3 May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing support of the Society .
4 May I take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in the School and to wish you a pleasant morning with us .
5 The superintendent thanked him for his help and bade him goodnight but with a distracted air as though her attention were elsewhere .
6 He had the grace to thank me for my co-operation . ’
7 So could I just in conclusion say please fill in your short questionnaire thank you for your attendance and I can assure you as Chairman of the trust what you said and the question 's you 've raised this evening will be looked at in great detail and we will be reporting back to you in the near future about the proposals that we wish to make .
8 On Saturday 70 of the people Mrs Harding has regularly visited came to the Spennymoor day centre to thank her for her work .
9 I in turn thanked him for his careful encouragement and support at the various stages of the project .
10 ‘ Athelstan , ’ he slurred , ‘ I- thank you for what you said there , in the presence of that mean-faced bastard !
11 They did a DNA-fingerprint test and found he had a bus-load of people in him , linked it to some guy who was in the toilets under Centre Point the day before hiring rent boys but he did n't want the full business just wanted them to wank into this bottle thank you for your contribution young man every little bit helps going to a good home thank you mind how you go …
12 I have passed your letter to the Administration Section of the Department for formal processing , however , I should like at this stage to thank you for your contribution to the work of Lothian Trading Standards Department , and wish you well with your future career at
13 After he survived the vote , Mr Major went to the Whips ' office to thank them for their help .
14 For example , I have never received a personal letter following my stay to thank me for my custom .
15 I 'm sorry you did n't give me enough time to thank you for it . ’
16 At Thanksgiving 1985 , Bush sent North a postcard thanking him for his work ‘ with the hostage thing and in Central America ’ and exhorting him to get some turkey ; North read it out at his trial four years later as evidence of approval , but it was all delightfully vague .
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