Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] thank [pron] for " in BNC.
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1 | He had nothing to give Merymose to take to Kenamun , and the priest-administrator would not thank him for information which cast suspicion on two of the most powerful men in the country . |
2 | The book is intended for undergraduates in their second or third year of a philosophy degree , but this need not necessarily deter readers with other backgrounds ; e.g. , my father claims to be able to understand it , though perhaps he would not thank me for the suggestion that he is representative . |
3 | To say otherwise is to give Nature a status as divine revelation which the victims of congenital diseases would not thank you for . |
4 | ‘ Your God would not thank you for throwing away your life . |
5 | She shrugged , still hurting at all he 'd suffered , although she knew instinctively that he would n't thank her for it . |
6 | The hospital staff would n't thank him for provoking another . |
7 | But if we were to intervene , the women would lose their jobs and they would n't thank us for that . |
8 | Women treated with testosterone would get increased facial hair , and they would n't thank you for it . ’ |
9 | I Would n't Thank You for a Valentine |
10 | I would n't thank you for a Valentine . |
11 | I would n't thank you for a Valentine . |
12 | I would n't thank you for a Valentine . |
13 | I would n't thank you for a Valentine . |
14 | PAMELA : Sir , I hope there was no need of your information so I ca n't thank you for it . |
15 | My dear George YOU WILL not thank me for congratulating you on a lucky escape . |
16 | Movements in foreign exchange rates will affect the sterling value of the principal deposited or borrowed and your finance director will not thank you for saving £50,000 by earning interest at 1 1/2 % above UK rates if you lose £1m when the foreign currency is reconverted to sterling . |
17 | The herb border can be designed to follow the same principles as those used for the herbaceous or mixed border ; small plants will not thank you for planting them next to towering or buxom plants — they will be smothered in no time . |
18 | Future generations will not thank us for spending our energies and money on nuclear weapons , and on the unseemly attraction of enormous wealth to a tiny minority in north America and western Europe while the majority of the population of the world sees nothing but environmental destruction and the continuing decline in living standards . |
19 | ‘ At the moment the team is coached by Andrew Soper from the computer department , although he wo n't thank me for telling everyone , ’ said Suzanne Isaacs of the Personnel Department at Broadgate . |
20 | I have seen little of her work myself , and she wo n't thank me for mentioning it . |
21 | John Hall wo n't thank me for saying this but the MetroCentre falls into this category . |
22 | As we sat discussing her script in the BBC canteen , her determined manner and the intensity of her gaze occasionally reminded me — though she wo n't thank me for the comparison — of Margaret Thatcher . |
23 | ‘ If she 's so keen to save a spot of money then she wo n't thank you for cheating her of eight grand . ’ |
24 | She wo n't thank you for blackening her late husband 's name . ’ |