Example sentences of "[noun] thank for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would like to take this opportunity to thank for all her hard work as our efficient and conscientious secretary , and to wish her and her family every success in the future . |
| 2 | LARNE had a controversial decision by referee Leslie Irvine in the dying minutes to thank for keeping their Cup hopes alive . |
| 3 | One man in Düsseldorf allegedly remarked , even in the presence of a member of the SS , that ‘ we have the Führer to thank for this ’ . |
| 4 | Most men have maternal teaching to thank for showing them how to tie knots , said the Guild of British Tie Makers . |
| 5 | Most men have maternal teaching to thank for showing them how to do it , says the Guild of British Tie Makers . |
| 6 | We 've the President to thank for that . |
| 7 | In a sense , Franco had the United Nations to thank for consolidating his regime at the end of the Second World War . |
| 8 | Not that he tried to hold on to her and not that Travis appeared to think there was anything out of the way in the two of them embracing — she gathered she had their engagement to thank for that . |
| 9 | Northumberland had their outside-half Ian Chandler to thank for the late drop goal that led to a 13–11 victory over Alberta on a day when a freak Arctic airflow brought snow and near freezing temperatures to Calgary . |
| 10 | He said : ‘ I believe my attitude and fitness have both improved since I signed for Wednesday , and I 've got the boss and coach Ritchie Barker to thank for that . |
| 11 | Payne also has Jack Nicklaus to thank for his breakthrough . |
| 12 | We have the sixty-first senator to thank for the length of the second . |
| 13 | ‘ You should not think you have the Merkuts to thank for your freedom , ’ Jehan said conversationally . |
| 14 | And fans of the Paul McCartney sound-a-like have his mum Mrs Cooper to thank for the one-off show . |
| 15 | I have Phil to thank for my first break on the Cutters . |
| 16 | Well , he now has his stepmother to thank for the beautiful house that has been restored to look as it did in the 18th century . |
| 17 | In fact , I always have remembered — and I have Monty Lee to thank for that . |
| 18 | It ca n't be denied that many players have John Mayall to thank for their career launch … |
| 19 | THERE are many people to thank for their help — those who contributed goods or money towards the trip ; those who assisted us during our journey ( there are a lot of good people out there ! ) ; |
| 20 | I have you and all at your magazine to thank for your support , but listening to the troubles of fishkeepers on the telephone and when meeting them over the last twelve months I am left in no doubt that there is a vast array of undetectable contaminants in our tapwater , apart from just chlorine , which consistently depress fish condition and render them less able to resist stress and infection . |
| 21 | The Lions selectors have an impassioned Irish performance to thank for that — and , according to coach Gerry Murphy , a little divine inspiration : ‘ We were going to keep it a secret , ’ he quipped , ‘ but we spent last weekend in Lourdes ’ . |
| 22 | We have Alan Austin to thank for this character-building little outing — an experience you wo n't forget in a hurry ! |
| 23 | It occurred to him that a full belly was not all he had his tedious employment to thank for . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've got a man called Roberto Sabortini to thank for that . |
| 25 | proposed adoption of the Report , printed on pages 10 and 11 in the Embalmer , Vol. 36 , No 2 , Spring 1993 , and in seconding the motion thanked for all his hard work . |
| 26 | Haketa said that the Slavs had German missionary priests to thank for their liberation from the depths of ignorance . |
| 27 | For those ‘ Old Fighters ’ who had been enthusiastic Hitler supporters even before the demise of the Weimar Republic , for the direct beneficiaries of Nazism — the careerists , power-seekers , and apparatchiks who had the Third Reich to thank for their offices and careers in Party and State , and for the ideologically committed who had ‘ burnt their boats ’ with the Nazi regime , the belief in the Führer 's powers to bring about a miracle and achieve final victory in the face of all the odds was the blind faith rooted in self-interest and fear of the future . |
| 28 | The young people who sleep rough in the streets of London have the Prime Minister to thank for having only £31 a week income support . |
| 29 | The fixture was won by Mandale , who had Anthony Borsumato to thank for fine victories in the 400 metres hurdles ( 56.7 secs ) and long jump ( 6.52 metres ) . |
| 30 | Must you , she wants to make sure I 've got a constant supply I have Sadie to thank for that . |