Example sentences of "accused [pers pn] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women who told me that their partners accused them of using tears to manipulate them agreed that there were times when they deliberately wept , but said that it was often the only way they could get their partner 's attention . |
| 2 | The authorities categorically rejected a report by the human rights organization Amnesty International in May 1989 which accused them of torturing political prisoners by subjecting them to beatings or sexual abuse . |
| 3 | Before the finale , when he mystifyingly decided they were more important than they 'll ever know , ’ he accused them of speaking ‘ piffle , tosh and cynicism . ’ |
| 4 | And if he differed from his contemporaries in ethical matters , it was only because he accused them of taking the Old Testament commands too lightly and superficially . |
| 5 | The literature on the professions goes back a long way , but seems to have reached a peak in the 1960s and 1970s ( see , for example , Etzioni 1969 ; Jackson 1970 ) , perhaps because the professions were at an apogee of esteem at that point , before the attacks of Illich ( 1977 ) and others who , like Shaw many years before , accused them of establishing a ‘ radical monopoly ’ in the name of meeting people 's ‘ needs ’ . |
| 6 | He accused them of failing to face up to the implications of the voters ' choice should this happen , and of preferring to hide from the truth . |
| 7 | Only Chris Roberts in Melody Maker mounted an attack of any substance when he accused them of sounding ‘ one-dimensional ’ and ‘ piss-poor on mystery and magic . ’ |
| 8 | A member of the Leeds ' band Hang The Dance , Roman Remeynes , contacted The Wedding Present after hearing the Ukrainian session and accused them of bastardising the music . |
| 9 | SHORTLY after Aisling Rodgers was born a woman approached her parents and accused them of pouring scalding water over the baby . |
| 10 | The parties accused de Gaulle of preparing a plebiscite ; the General accused them of coveting an irresponsible , omnipotent assembly . |
| 11 | In March of the following year , when the feuding between the UDA and the UVF reached the point of tit-for-tat assassination , Paisley called on Protestants to withdraw all support from the paramilitaries and accused them of committing crimes ‘ just as heinous and hellish as those of the IRA ’ . |
| 12 | It accused them of making ‘ misleading claims ’ about their wealth . |
| 13 | Indeed , after the three defendants successfully appealed against the prison sentences she accused them of endangering British youth : |
| 14 | THE furious Pakistani cricket team started a racism row last night after England batsman Allan Lamb accused them of cheating by tampering with the ball . |
| 15 | He subsequently accused them of attempting to blackmail the government , and threatened to place their operations under military control if they attempted further action . |
| 16 | In an interview in The Washington Post published on May 30 , Barry admitted having smoked crack but blamed the federal authorities for having led him on and accused them of having tried to " kill " him by allowing him to consume the illegal drug . |
| 17 | In the end , would you believe it , my own daughter accused me of trying to get off with him ; a woman of my experience ! |
| 18 | ‘ At the end of the interview he accused me of trying to stir up trouble , refused to shake my hand and stormed off . |
| 19 | ‘ No more ridiculous than what you just accused me of trying to do . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ He reckoned I had been part of a consortium which spoke to two clubs and accused me of acting secretly — but I told him . |
| 21 | I felt pole-axed when you accused me of using you . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Mister , last time we met you accused me of bluffin' . ’ |
| 23 | That bull-necked bugger accused me of murdering him myself . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Last night you accused me of importuning the young man on the canal boat ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And the last accused me of giving away privileged information about the club , which is more rubbish . |
| 26 | They accused me of going to hit one of them with it … they put me in a police van and took me to Victoria Barracks where they kept me for two hours . |
| 27 | Then he accused me of going off with everyone there , which was totally untrue . |
| 28 | She accused me of instructing them to dig the wrong grave , which I did n't and I immediately defended myself and said : ‘ Mary , I did not . |
| 29 | He arrived in record time and accused me of bullying tactics . |
| 30 | ‘ Rebecca practically accused me of starting the fire , and you believed her . ’ |