Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pn reflx] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She merely revealed herself for what she was : a cloistered innocent , lacking the fashionable touch , too earnest by half in her endeavours to persuade a jaded world that she knew best . |
| 2 | He meticulously prepared himself for his first meeting . |
| 3 | She cast a suspicious glance over the lockers and then shook herself for her wild imaginings . |
| 4 | She wondered if the sapphire strands of her pretence at unconcern were legible to the miners , then kicked herself for her stupidity . |
| 5 | Defiantly she answered , ‘ I 'm not a cow , Brian , ’ yet hated herself for what she supposed was perfidy in his eyes . |