Example sentences of "i [modal v] thank [pron] for " 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 | No I 'll thank you for the confidence no . |
| 12 | One of these fine days , when he 's my uncle , I would thank him for this . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Are you afraid I will thank you for your generous gesture towards my mother ? ’ |