Example sentences of "will [adv] thank [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Open your children 's eyes and minds to the world of books in The Red House — it could be the start they 'll always thank you for . |
| 2 | My dear George YOU WILL not thank me for congratulating you on a lucky escape . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | I have seen little of her work myself , and she wo n't thank me for mentioning it . |
| 8 | John Hall wo n't thank me for saying this but the MetroCentre falls into this category . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ If she 's so keen to save a spot of money then she wo n't thank you for cheating her of eight grand . ’ |
| 11 | She wo n't thank you for blackening her late husband 's name . ’ |