Example sentences of "blame [noun] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He blames MacDonald for ruining his ‘ life 's work ’ . |
| 2 | S blames Asquith for raising the constitutional aspects of the right to obtain a dissolution in his recent speech . ’ |
| 3 | " No one blames Andrew for marrying again ? " |
| 4 | Donaldson condemned the efforts of some of the dilettanti to reverse the competition results and blamed Manners for attacking the integrity of the competition system . |
| 5 | Exasperated police blamed drivers for going too fast and ignoring fog warning signs . |
| 6 | Based on reports from 200 environmental health departments in England , Wales and Northern Ireland , it blamed management for giving water quality at pools low priority . |
| 7 | The inquiry report , published on Oct. 26 , blamed Palestinians for planning a confrontation , and largely defended the use of live ammunition by the police , conceding only that the shooting was " unsupervised " . |
| 8 | The Mazowiecki election committee blamed Walesa for precipitating " a war at the top " , which had disrupted Poland 's smooth passage to democracy , but commented that the election of Tyminski would be a " tragedy " . |
| 9 | Some blamed Jack for wanting to continue the way he had before marriage which , of course , meant occasional flings with the abundance of available women . |
| 10 | With a fine eye for a ‘ newsworthy ’ item , the News of the World ( 28 August 1898 ) blamed youths for wasting water by larking about with street taps , but the socialist press saw a more permanent difficulty in the negligence of the private water companies . |
| 11 | A Foreign Ministry statement of Nov. 16 blamed Iran for waging a " campaign of interference " by supporting fundamentalists , and on Nov. 20 Algeria recalled most of its diplomats from Tehran . |
| 12 | Nichola Raven , 20 , blamed Charles for spending too much time with Camilla Parker Bowles . |
| 13 | Mrs Parkin left , blaming Ellen for having turned her son from a faith that had sustained her family through death , famine , hardship , war , bereavement . |
| 14 | They circulated a document in several factories and mines blaming Solidarity for trying to ’ sell out ’ the workers . |
| 15 | It sounded as if this woman was blaming Jennifer for falling ill , instead of her precious son for running out on the situation . |
| 16 | Hence we have to adjust our expectations and , rather than blaming others for preventing resolution , accept that some goals are achieved at the expense of others . |
| 17 | The same can probably be claimed for those who for reasons which had little to do with humanitarian concern — fearing Jewish revenge in the event of a lost war , or blaming Hitler for bringing on the war through attacking the Jews , attitudes which of course themselves betrayed the influence of Nazi ‘ Jewish conspiracy ’ propaganda — were voicing criticism of Nazi anti Jewish policy . |
| 18 | But the path of true love never did run smooth and who could blame Orsino for overlooking this waif-life creature with the short , dark , cropped hair for the Countess Olivia , she of the long flowing hair and dresses . |
| 19 | But no one can blame Rush for telling it like it is . |
| 20 | After a moment he added , ‘ Anyway , if you knew Elsie as well as I do you would n't blame Sidney for getting a bit on the side . ’ |
| 21 | No-one could blame Wilkinson for wanting the new body to play an important part in the future development of the game . |
| 22 | Earl Siward said , ‘ You ca n't blame churchmen for getting it wrong . |
| 23 | You could n't blame Stephen for hating Dynmouth people would say , for going away from it and all its horrible reminders . |
| 24 | I do n't blame Jesus for wanting to go home . |
| 25 | Her sister would blame Claudia for tracking her down ; she would n't believe she 'd had little choice in the matter . |
| 26 | I mean , let's face it , penis envy is a is a pretty wacky idea however you look at it , and you ca n't blame people for thinking , oh you know , this Viennese professor must have had a , had a diseased mind or something to come across such a crazy idea . |
| 27 | You ca n't blame , you ca n't blame people for hanging about doing nothing if they 've twice as many staff as they should 've , and there paying them , I mean , that , that 's an administrative error , not a well it seems to be very rift in local government that there over staffed |
| 28 | She said she would not blame teachers for concluding that their profession was being utterly deprofessionalised after Mr Lang 's suggestion that schools could be run by parents and local busy-bodies . |
| 29 | In a radio interview on Sept. 18 Lamont appeared to blame Germany for producing many of the tensions within the ERM . |
| 30 | Television broadcasters blame the promoters for over-selling their product ; the promoters blame broadcasters for demanding title fights at all costs . |