Example sentences of "accuse [pers pn] [prep] making " in BNC.
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1 | THE US National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People ( NAACP ) and gay groups have demanded apologies from Oliver North and several Virginia Republicans , accusing them of making derogatory jokes about blacks and homosexuals at a Republican dinner . |
2 | They 've accused you of making water in the King 's palace , refusing to take all the enemy 's ships , refusing to destroy all the Big-Endians , seeing the enemy 's officials privately , and planning to visit Blefuscu in order to help the enemy against Lilliput . ’ |
3 | A few points here , the quickest being that people do n't accuse their pop heroes of being racists when they make crap records , they accuse them of making crap records . |
4 | It accused them of making ‘ misleading claims ’ about their wealth . |
5 | Erm there 's another one that a lot of came up with one or two had heard a few before and they all groaned and then accused you of making them all up ! |
6 | Marcellus met with opposition from conservative senators , who accused him of making Rome the object of envy , and of corrupting the populace with a taste for leisure and idle chat . |
7 | Michael Fallon has issued a bullish response to town doctors who accused him of making ‘ fallacious and irresponsible ’ comments about the NHS . |