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Collocations for thanks - noun

ADJECTIVE

heartfelt, sincere, warm
grateful (esp. BrE)
personal
Please accept my personal thanks.
special
Special thanks to all of you who supported our fund-raising campaign.
additional, extra
Additional thanks go to Mike Thomas for helping me so much.

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VERB + thanks

express, extend, give, offer
We would like to express our warmest thanks for all you've done.
owe (sb)
I owe you my thanks.
nod, smile
She smiled her thanks as the car drove off.
get, receive
You'll get little thanks from him for all your trouble.
accept
deserve
Their generosity deserves our grateful thanks.

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thanks + VERB

go to sb
Thanks go to Claire Potter for making the hall available to us.

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PREPOSITION

as thanks for, in thanks for
He got a bottle of wine in thanks for his cooperation.
thanks to
He gave thanks to God for the safe return of his son.

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PHRASES

a letter of thanks, a vote of thanks (esp. BrE), a word of thanks
The chairperson proposed a vote of thanks to the volunteers.
I'd like to say a word of thanks to our hosts.
many thanks
Many thanks for the flowers.
thanks be to God
We were all pulled out alive, thanks be to God.

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