Example sentences of "[noun sg] and thank [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | presented him with a huge pepper mill and thanked him for his hard work . |
| 2 | But he would concede nothing , and in the end I gave him a dry little bow and thanked him for the tea . |
| 3 | Jimmy cursed him for a fool and thanked him for standing aside . |
| 4 | Erm , Chair , delegates thank you for the welcome and thank you for the invitation to speak to you . |
| 5 | Welcome and thank you for inviting me to your ceremony . |
| 6 | Good afternoon and thank you for inviting me . |
| 7 | Thank you for the bouquet of flowers sent to me on behalf of all our local branch AND Thank you for my other flowers later , ‘ when maybe I needed them even more ! ’ |
| 8 | " I 'd like to write to the marquis and thank him for what he did for me . |
| 9 | I would like to welcome Frances to the team and to thank her for ‘ volunteering ’ to promote the Johnson Matthey Mac Challenge personal fund raiser ! ! |
| 10 | These are the sort of things we 'd say to a good person in a formal situation , erm , you 're reliable , trustworthy , you know , we can rely on you to do a good job for us , doing your job well and with enthusiasm , when left in charge there 's been no problems , you 're responsible and flexible , you 're conscientious , I can trust you for , to do a good job and thank you for your contribution to the team . |
| 11 | I 've moved back into and er I 'd just like to say I 'm sure on behalf of all of you and the people of that we see this as a tremendous move and thank you for the work you 've put in . |
| 12 | Some novelist went up to a critic last night and thanked him for a review he wrote on a novel of his in about the year 1900 and congratulated him because he got it right . |
| 13 | I congratulate the hon. Member for Leyton ( Mr. Cohen ) on his success in securing this debate and thank him for raising the disturbing and important question of the use of knives in crime . |
| 14 | A furtive junior diplomat bowing and scraping his way out of the interview section of the Lefortovo , ogling the KGB man and thanking him for a fifteen-minute access to a prisoner for whom the key was now thrown far away . |
| 15 | Before they left , Gallardo shook Valenzuela 's hand and thanked him for the cigarettes he had given him in captivity . |
| 16 | Thank you for your letter and thank you for letting us see your nine-volume Complete History of Wimbledon . |
| 17 | He said ‘ goodbye ’ to our neighbour and thanked her for 'everything ’ , and he squeezed her hand . |