Example sentences of "[pers pn] [was/were] blame for the " in BNC.

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1 He believed she was to blame for the tide of scandal enveloping the Royal Family .
2 They used fishing rods and hooks , those cunning , black , nocturnal anglers , and they were blamed for the disappearance of booze from liquor cabinets and sugar from pantries .
3 That Fiji won the main prize so easily led to something of an anti-climax , but that was hardly the fault of the organisers , though they were to blame for the scant and often inaccurate team information for public and press .
4 Moreover , the child may feel unreasonable guilt that , somehow , it was to blame for the death .
5 The Brotherhood is still active today , not only in Egypt where it is prominent in university life , but in Jordan and Syria ( where it was blamed for the 1982 uprising at Hama ) .
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