Sentence examples for had excuses for from inspiring English sources

Some had excuses for not talking.

Gee whizz!" New Zealand had excuses for their lacklustre display.

Eva's Request (8-1) was back in third Lush Lashes was another favourite to disappoint, finding nothing when asked to go about her business and that is three disappointments in a row though she seemingly had excuses for the last two.

Booklet is one of the nine Preakness horses who didn't run in the Derby, but three who did, and lost, are back for more, their trainers certain that their colts had excuses for not being unable to reel in a loose-on-the-lead War Emblem in the first leg of the Triple Crown.

5.02pm Time For Rupert (50-1) a shock winner in the handicap hurdle That's a big price about a horse who'd won two of his last three, and he had excuses for his latest defeat, when he seemed to sulk after meeting interference.

What started out feeling like a family turned into a business under Heller -- one with opaque finances, according to Arabian: "Jerry took control and kind of had excuses for everything".

All these men and women have excuses for their climate conservatism.

Romney has excuses for this kind of blunder: he is a foreign policy naïf, and he is desperate.

The former prolific Liverpool striker has excuses for failing to keep abreast of his ex-team-mate's movement.

For those of you who have excuses for why you can't help your fellow students, I have some answers for you.

The best founders generally accomplished a large number of tasks between meetings with Combinator, while mediocre founders tend to always have excuses for their sluggish progress.