Example sentences of "for [v-ing] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | MARK MOULAND last night paid tribute to Welsh team-mate Ian Woosnam for helping to rescue him from the golfing scrap heap . |
| 2 | They may put the blame entirely on the teenagers for failing to respond to their advice or orders as they once did , but the fault may be theirs for failing to treat them as the young adults they have now become . |
| 3 | Northampton captain Lamb was yesterday banned for two matches by his club and fined heavily — not for his comments , but for failing to clear them with the county . |
| 4 | Mann was tired , and still thanking the Academician for managing to free him from the security police . |
| 5 | He apologised for trying to blame them over the Tories ' economic blunders . |