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Collocations for sorry - adj.

VERBS

be, feel, seem, sound | make sb
I''ll make you sorry you were ever born!

ADV.

awfully, deeply, desperately, dreadfully, extremely, frightfully, genuinely, really, terribly, truly, very
I''m really sorry Jane can''t come with us. | I''m terribly sorry. I didn''t catch your name.
almost
She was almost sorry to stop work.
a bit, a little, quite, rather

PREP.

about
I''m sorry about the noise. | I''m sorry about your mother. I do hope she''ll soon be feeling better.
for
She is obviously deeply sorry for what she has done. | I feel really sorry for John.

PHRASES

better safe than sorry

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