Example sentences of "was to blame for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And many were the times when she had wanted to bawl at him , ‘ And who was to blame for that ? |
| 2 | Lloyd 's Register , which carries out structural surveys of ships to enable them to be insured , believes that structural failure was to blame for many of the losses and is mounting an urgent investigation to establish whether this is the case . |
| 3 | Rourke was to blame for all the horrors she had to contend with . |
| 4 | Prior to publication of the study , Rechem 's position had been that there was no proof that it was to blame for any toxic contamination outside the plant . |
| 5 | As far as you could understand him , this was to the effect that since the Government was rejecting any suggestion that it was to blame for this scandal , since most of the alleged swindlers were difficult to bring to book , and since the investors who lost the money nearly all live in Tory marginals , then the one innocent party — the taxpayer — would foot the £150 million bill . |
| 6 | He wondered if the bad blood of the d'Urbervilles was to blame for this moment of madness . |