Example sentences of "[pron] blame [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , Maggie , I 'm sorry I blamed you for telling Felipe . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I blame myself for looking on and allowing you to poison their minds . |
| 4 | I blame myself for talking to those other lassies . |
| 5 | She blamed herself for trusting him to wait , for not refusing to go to Sniffy without the van keys in her possession . |
| 6 | A final problem was the potential conflict with her stepson , who blamed her for allowing Mr Allen 's problem to become so serious . |
| 7 | ‘ Can you blame me for holding the very opinion which you deliberately instigated ? |
| 8 | ‘ You blame me for returning to England because of my job but it was n't just that and it was n't all my fault . ’ |
| 9 | You blame him for saddling Barclays de Zoete Wedd with high overhead costs in putting our brokerage firm and our banking operations together in one building , a building which houses a number of our competitors , as you also point out . |
| 10 | They blamed her for splitting up the family and on many occasions were abusive to her . |
| 11 | British owners used to blame the princes for making racing prohibitively expensive ; now they blame them for making it prohibitively cheap . |
| 12 | The Arab said , ‘ They blame me for guarding the food . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's worse for them because they blame themselves for having provided me with the financial means to take a plebeian job . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He blamed himself for letting Jess persuade him into running off . |