Example sentences of "[am/are] sorry for " in BNC.
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1 | We are sorry for any misunderstanding or embarrassment this caused to James Capel and to the banks . |
2 | So , said Miss Lawley helpfully , will you now say you are sorry for introducing it ? |
3 | But never forget that He will forgive those who are sorry for any evil they have done . |
4 | We are sorry for his death but how are we responsible ? ’ |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ I am sorry for that . ’ |
8 | ‘ Well , I am sorry for it but there is nothing I can do . |
9 | Actually I am sorry for her . |
10 | I am sorry for Mr Gordon Bessey . |
11 | ‘ I am sorry for disturbing you , ’ Erceldoun blurted out . |
12 | Kelly added : ‘ I am sorry for John Uzzell , but what can I do ? |
13 | He said , ‘ I am sorry for this annoyance . |
14 | Personally , I am sorry for the upsets at the third Test in Manchester , but many of our players are very young and keen . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . ’ |
17 | 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 . |
18 | ‘ I am proud to die for my ideals ; and I am sorry for the sons of Britain who have died without knowing why . ’ |
19 | I do not know that I am sorry for that . |
20 | BELVILLE : I am sorry for that , madam . |
21 | PAMELA : [ formally ] I am sorry for it , sir . |
22 | ‘ I am sorry for it . ’ |
23 | ‘ If I have offended you , ’ Jotan said in a voice which was filled with disarming sincerity , ‘ I am sorry for it . ’ |
24 | 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 . ’ |
25 | Although I am sorry for those young people , I believe that their problem is often psychological , rather than inability to find work . |
26 | 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 . |
27 | 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 . " ) |
28 | 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 . |
29 | Former Tory Cabinet Minister Lord Ridley said : ‘ I am sorry for John Major . ’ |
30 | I said I wish I could because I I I am sorry for your situation . |