Example sentences of "the [noun sg] thank [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonight I want to take the opportunity to thank her for her patience and support . |
| 2 | Di wrote to her after the ceremony thanking her for all the work she had done for fellow cancer sufferers and for raising £40,000 towards the centre . |
| 3 | The rock thanked her for helping it . |
| 4 | The superintendent thanked him for his help and bade him goodnight but with a distracted air as though her attention were elsewhere . |
| 5 | The postman thanked him for the warning and drove back to Mount Carmel . |
| 6 | Of the many directives gummed to the glass partition , one took the trouble to thank me for not smoking . |
| 7 | He had the grace to thank me for my co-operation . ’ |
| 8 | Fencing for Nursery Playgroup A letter has been received from the playgroup thanking us for the provision of the fence . |
| 9 | Fencing for Nursery Playgroup A letter has been received from the playgroup thanking us for the provision of the fence . |
| 10 | The Bishop thanked everyone for travelling all the way from St Columba 's on Walney Island , St Wilfrid 's , Preston and many other parishes on such an inhospitable day and reminded the packed Cathedral that ‘ They choose to throw in their lot with us , it 's as simple as that . |