Example sentences of "blame [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You ca n't blame me for trying . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps the others would blame me for deserting , I thought , but Captain Smollett would be pleased I had taken the Hispaniola , I was sure . |
| 3 | ‘ Can you blame me for holding the very opinion which you deliberately instigated ? |
| 4 | Right at this moment I 've awakened needs you thought you 'd buried , but in the cold light of morning you 'll blame me for taking advantage . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Mr Edgar will blame me for letting her go to your house . ’ |
| 6 | But you have to admit you do look very young and innocent , so you ca n't blame me for putting on the Big Daddy bit . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm delighted to hear it , ’ Mike agreed , ‘ although after this latest little fracas you ca n't blame me for wondering , now can you ? ’ |
| 8 | Property is the muscle of the elderly , and you ca n't really blame them for flexing it occasionally . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't blame them for trying to make a bit of cash , but it gets ridiculous when they insult you for refusing to pay for something you did n't want doing , ’ fumes Mel , 39 . |
| 10 | It would be nice if the NHS could do this , but you ca n't blame them for trying to raise money in other ways . |
| 11 | An enormous amount of skill , equipment , patience , money and sheer luck goes into the breeding of new varieties , and if it has become customary to have to be seen to be introducing six , eight , ten , a dozen or whatever new varieties every year in order to be regarded as one of the top flight nurseries , then that is what they have to do — and who can blame them for wanting to recoup their investment by selling all they can ? |
| 12 | Do n't blame 'ee for running off , but th'best not get caught . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't blame you for looking edgy . ’ |
| 14 | " I have , of course , contributed to the difficulty by taking my suspicions to the police — I ca n't blame you for wanting to get to the bottom of things . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't blame you for getting jittery . |
| 16 | Ca n't blame you for getting away from everyone . |
| 17 | ‘ I can not blame you for helping your wife . |
| 18 | Do n't blame you for earning a bit . |
| 19 | ‘ I know you were promised to Craig , but no-one would blame you for trying to forget him . ’ |
| 20 | She did not blame herself for going on the cruise , although she sensed that Adam , always an opportunist , had taken advantage of her absence . |
| 21 | I tried to tell him that I did n't blame him for deflowering me but he was n't listening . |
| 22 | He is put down by Gloucester for being illegitimate and ignored so one can not really blame him for seeking revenge against the wrong done to him and for his bitter character . |
| 23 | However , even if we can not blame him for murdering the other in his sleep , we might respect him more if he did put himself at a disadvantage by clinging to one of his last disintegrating scraps of morality . |
| 24 | Thomson 's son poured so much money into The Times in the vain effort to modernize it in the late 1970s that no one could blame him for wanting to sell it . |
| 25 | I went off him a lot when he made out he was really eager to get to Blackburn and ‘ only really wanted to play for one club ’ , but you ca n't really blame him for wanting to be filthy rich . |
| 26 | Under these circumstances not even Valiance could blame him for abandoning his quest . |
| 27 | I do n't blame him for falling for you , but do n't you go giving him a hard time just before the race ! |
| 28 | Do n't blame him for washing it himself or the fairies will never come . |
| 29 | You could n't blame him for losing his cool . ’ |
| 30 | Nobody could blame her for taking life as seriously as she 'd had to , but the way to some kind of peace and personal balance would surely lie in the opportunity to stop running and relax a little . |