Example sentences of "be [to-vb] for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't consider I 'm to blame for anything that has happened since you came into this house . |
| 2 | He glared at her again , as if she were to blame for everything , and Robyn felt herself tremble beneath his icy gaze . |
| 3 | Another way of getting used to the machine , ( without any outlay at all ) , is to work for someone else . |
| 4 | Perhaps the best way to use dowsing in Earth Mysteries is to look for something definite — a lost markstone , for example , or an alignment . |
| 5 | What we think as , as Frank said erm , our policy is to accrue erm , income , which we think we 'll get in cash terms the following year , ie , we 're not gon na accrue it as soon as B Sky B expenses it , which is one end of the spectrum of erm , imprudence you could say or , and the other end , extreme prudence is to account for nothing until it 's cleared er , in the bank balance . |
| 6 | Almost as good as being cared for , naturally and freely , was to care for someone else and imagine yourself the recipient . |
| 7 | I was to blame for everything . |
| 8 | She did not know herself what lay behind the cryptic words , and , whatever it was , he would decide she was to blame for anything that befell . |