Example sentences of "[pers pn] for failing " in BNC.
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| 1 | Have you come to revenge yourself on me for failing you ? ’ |
| 2 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 3 | But environmentalists have criticized them for failing to address Southern countries ' real needs . |
| 4 | They may put the blame entirely on the teenagers for failing to respond to their advice or orders as they once did , but the fault may be theirs for failing to treat them as the young adults they have now become . |
| 5 | However , she never forgave him for failing to fulfil her expectations later . |
| 6 | In a Canadian case , Duchane v Davies [ 1984 ] CLY 2291 , the defendant was denied a finding of contributory negligence against an infant for failing to wear a seat belt because she was too young and against her mother because he had failed to plead contribution or indemnity against her for failing to ensure that her daughter wore a seat belt . |
| 7 | He would not have reckoned on their single liaison having such an outcome , and he would be blaming her for failing to have taken precautions . |