Example sentences of "blame [pn reflx] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TI blames itself for telling the newsletter that that would be the ‘ average price for 1993 ’ because it forgot to factor in the industry practice of constantly repricing in the face of better yields . |
| 2 | He blamed himself for crediting her with a maturity she did not possess , and regretted that his attempts to assist her studies had been so tragically misinterpreted by her . |
| 3 | He blamed himself for letting Jess persuade him into running off . |
| 4 | She blamed herself for trusting him to wait , for not refusing to go to Sniffy without the van keys in her possession . |
| 5 | Lying in bed , she thought back over the conversation , blaming herself for having interfered in such a private matter . |
| 6 | She did not blame herself for going on the cruise , although she sensed that Adam , always an opportunist , had taken advantage of her absence . |
| 7 | She begged pardon at once for — being so free as to presume I will be read but then , ma'am , you must blame yourself for encouraging in me that letter-writing soul . |
| 8 | Whenever crab and lobster pots produce a sparse harvest , fishermen do n't blame themselves for looting the sea bed — it 's those damned divers again . |
| 9 | I did n't chew my nails with regret at giving him my virginity , furious at my weakness in lying down for him , and taking this boy in my arms just because he was English , a citizen of that great nation which had once ruled half the globe : nor did I blame myself for clinging on to an idea even though it meant severing my links with my country , and travelling to London alone without any member of my family . |
| 10 | I blame myself for looking on and allowing you to poison their minds . |
| 11 | I blame myself for talking to those other lassies . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's worse for them because they blame themselves for having provided me with the financial means to take a plebeian job . ’ |