Sentence examples for excuse for wanting from inspiring English sources

And quit using learning to Dj as your excuse for wanting to go.

But if the Giants beat the Redskins, they should be excused for wanting more than a division championship.

The Future of Food.By Brian J. Ford.Thames & Hudson; 112 pages; £6.95ANYONE reading Brian Ford's "The Future of Food" might be excused for wanting to give up eating entirely.

So a night after Tom Renney sustained an actual physical injury — being conked in the head with an opposing player's stick during the Rangers' victory Friday night at Columbus — he could have been excused for wanting a night off.

And while the company may be excused for wanting to ingratiate itself with a man who could be the next president's chief lieutenant, if not president himself someday, Mr. Cheney should know better than to find himself in this situation.

Anyone picking up the book, however, will be excused for wanting to know about the Hemingway who helped found the lost generation.

The couple placed advertisements explaining their decision in the Israeli newspapers under the headline: "Excuse us for wanting to make a donation".

You would have excused Tressel for wanting to pull up a camp chair and roast some marshmallows because, by comparison, Ohio State's scandal looks like a gum wrapper that caught fire.

If Pat was getting involved in a terrorist cell, you could probably excuse the police for wanting to get in touch with his family.

Fears of violence are a handy excuse for authorities wanting to block gay parades: a Lithuanian court banned a gay pride parade in Vilnius in early May; an appeals court then unbanned it and the event went ahead with a strong police presence.

They used obscenities, referred to a sexual position or two, made random offensive remarks and used the excuse of wanting to apologize for the earlier remarks to repeat them and make worse ones.