Example sentences of "blame [pron] for [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lying in bed , she thought back over the conversation , blaming herself for having interfered in such a private matter . |
| 2 | He would not have reckoned on their single liaison having such an outcome , and he would be blaming her for failing to have taken precautions . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | " 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ I know you were promised to Craig , but no-one would blame you for trying to forget him . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's worse for them because they blame themselves for having provided me with the financial means to take a plebeian job . ’ |