Example sentences of "i [modal v] thank [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I must thank you for this , if for nothing else , ’ she said and , placing him back in Tamar 's arms , turned and went from the room . |
2 | ‘ I suppose I must thank you for that , ’ replied the Queen of Casterbridge market rather ungratefully . |
3 | I must thank you for replying so promptly to the questionnaire which we enclosed with the last issue of The Birmingham Magazine . |
4 | ‘ I must thank you for your kindness — and you too , Mrs Wood . |
5 | Only a man could say such cruel things , ’ and then , belatedly , remembering her manners , which her mama had so often told her she was always forgetting , ‘ But I must thank you for taking me in . |
6 | ‘ Let me help you to put your shoe back on , ’ he said gently , ‘ and I must thank you for coming to my rescue . |
7 | ‘ And I must thank you for consenting to see me . |
8 | ‘ Master Parry , ’ he said , ‘ I must thank you for granting me this interview , so strangely requested . |
9 | ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me . |
10 | I 'll thank him for you . |
11 | Mair ( 1990 : 155 ) adds a further observation : The most pointed example of the temporal reorientation forced by the presence of an infinitival complement clause is provided by the verb thank , which turns into its own antonym when followed by an infinitive , changing its meaning from " express gratitude for a benefit received " to " ask " — as in I 'll thank you to be quiet . |
12 | No I 'll thank you for the confidence no . |
13 | ‘ Not particularly , and I 'll thank you in the future not to be telling men it 's OK to come into my room . |
14 | One of these fine days , when he 's my uncle , I would thank him for this . |
15 | Erm , I think it fair to say that if you 'd asked more or less to the next meeting and probably sub-committee would be quite , quite acceptable and I would thank you for drawing it to our to our attention . |
16 | Are you afraid I will thank you for your generous gesture towards my mother ? ’ |