Example sentences of "am sorry for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My proposal will , I know , appear as selling the pass , to traditionalist teachers of English Literature , and perhaps upset them , which I am sorry for . |
| 2 | IF ONLY the woman had paused for a moment to inspect the hastily scrawled felt tip notice at the top of the stairs : ‘ I am sorry for any inconvenience caused to all our customers during the period that the down escalator has been out of service . |
| 3 | ‘ I am sorry for that . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I am sorry for it but there is nothing I can do . |
| 5 | Actually I am sorry for her . |
| 6 | I am sorry for Mr Gordon Bessey . |
| 7 | ‘ I am sorry for disturbing you , ’ Erceldoun blurted out . |
| 8 | Kelly added : ‘ I am sorry for John Uzzell , but what can I do ? |
| 9 | He said , ‘ I am sorry for this annoyance . |
| 10 | Personally , I am sorry for the upsets at the third Test in Manchester , but many of our players are very young and keen . |
| 11 | Darling , I am sorry for you , but at the same time I am sure that one day you will be very glad things have turned out the way they have . |
| 12 | I am sorry for your problems , Emily , and I 'll try to help , of course I will , but I have worries of my own too . ’ |
| 13 | A friend of both of them , who has watched this unhappy saga unfold over the last decade , now concedes : ‘ I am sorry for the tragedy of it all . |
| 14 | ‘ I am proud to die for my ideals ; and I am sorry for the sons of Britain who have died without knowing why . ’ |
| 15 | I do not know that I am sorry for that . |
| 16 | BELVILLE : I am sorry for that , madam . |
| 17 | PAMELA : [ formally ] I am sorry for it , sir . |
| 18 | ‘ I am sorry for it . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If I have offended you , ’ Jotan said in a voice which was filled with disarming sincerity , ‘ I am sorry for it . ’ |
| 20 | I am sorry for the poor girl if her bridegroom chooses to behave as he did tonight , and , knowing him well , I can not imagine that he will be any better behaved when he is married to her than he was before . ’ |
| 21 | Although I am sorry for those young people , I believe that their problem is often psychological , rather than inability to find work . |
| 22 | The hon. Member for Wansbeck believes that no inward investment has come to his constituency and , if that is the case , I am sorry for his constituents . |
| 23 | And what is more , the clichés used by Mome Elwis are at least better suited to the cleric than anything the clerk can come out with : ( " I can do no other deed but say my paternoster and my creed to Christ for my misdeeds , and my Ave Maria — I am sorry for my sins — and my de profundis for all who remain in sin , for I am good for nothing else — Christ knows that , the king of heaven . " ) |
| 24 | Erm and these are the fairly brief er Chairman I think , I am sorry for disappointing Mr because because erm I main properties but erm we are basically I think sort of more or less agreed parties that we actually want this . |
| 25 | Former Tory Cabinet Minister Lord Ridley said : ‘ I am sorry for John Major . ’ |
| 26 | I said I wish I could because I I I am sorry for your situation . |