Example sentences of "apologise for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But either way we should have been consistent and we apologise for confusing at least one of you . |
| 2 | Athelstan could n't leave his parish and go into the city , but he wished he could speak to the coroner , apologise for leaving him so abruptly the night before last . |
| 3 | I apologise for taking up the time of the House . |
| 4 | Instead , having been assured that Rick no longer had any violent feelings towards her , she earnestly pleaded that she had long been awaiting an opportunity to return it in person and apologise for causing so much distress . |
| 5 | Even if those figures are reduced by the two million each year that leaves a very large financial mountain to climb in the years ahead and I apologise for beginning with that gloomy prognosis but it does get better , thanks to our proposals . |
| 6 | Never apologise for writing and asking for your money . |
| 7 | As the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) said earlier — I apologise for referring to him when he is not in his place — there are 7 million single-person households in this country . |
| 8 | Well , if death can ever be glamorous , that , I suppose , is the glamorous side of war casualties , but I think we need to spend the rest of our time very much looking at what it was like for the ordinary people of St Aldate's. erm And here , I apologise for producing a modern slide of Carfax , but I think just to remind you that we are talking about a very busy crowded city area , and erm about a city whose whole aspect was changing during the war . |
| 9 | Dec 10 1988 Pick yourself up , gentle reader — we apologise for knocking you sideways with this psychedelic carnival of visuals and ideas . |
| 10 | I apologise for interrupting him . |
| 11 | Thank you for your letter of 19 May and I apologise for having taken so long to reply . |
| 12 | We apologise for having used old fashioned terminology in misnaming Enterococcus faecalis as Streptococcus faecalis , but the apparent redesignation of the organism as Gram negative was not intentional and arose because of the eradication of one too many ‘ organisms ’ from the text , which should read : ‘ Important indications for this category include infections due to Gram negative organisms ; organisms , such as Enterococcus faecalis , causing infective endocarditis ; osteomyelitis ; and infections of vascular grafts . ’ |
| 13 | and I , I told him I was n't stupid enough to keep money in the house as an ex er as an ex lawyer and erm , where , er it so happened as I say that I talked to he , he did n't take any thing in fact at the end he apologise for having chosen the wrong house and he |
| 14 | He straightened up , then bowed slightly , ‘ I apologise for barging in and finding you gloriously undressed on my bed , and for ordering you out while I took a shower . |
| 15 | ‘ I apologise for laughing , but you must admit it is rather amusing . |
| 16 | ‘ I apologise for keeping you out of bed . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I apologise for disturbing you . |
| 18 | I 'll say good night and I apologise for disturbing you so late . ’ |