Example sentences of "hate [pn reflx] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because nobody understands us , and we hate ourselves for needing to be understood . |
| 2 | And hated himself for depending on it . |
| 3 | He hated himself for pressing a dying friend , but some gut-fear , some primordial terror drove him on . |
| 4 | He did n't know why he had come , hated himself for coming , but had by now tormented himself into a state of mind where he was deliberately looking for fresh spasms of anguish . |
| 5 | Britta hated herself for wanting the arm to encircle her again . |
| 6 | She hated herself for wanting to know , but the words just seemed to leap out . |
| 7 | But most of all she hated herself for awakening in the darkness night after night , with Nicolo 's name on her lips and tears on her cheeks . |
| 8 | She hated herself for doubting him . |
| 9 | She hated herself for remembering , not just that last ugly confrontation in the campagna but the things that had preceded it , the good things , starting with the fun they 'd had together and ending with that long , sweet night she 'd spent in his arms . |
| 10 | She hated herself for falling in love so easily with her handsome husband , who , she now realized , could not be trusted . |
| 11 | It was a long way to Hackballs Cross , and she hated herself for going , spat hatred at herself as she threw the Metro southwards . |
| 12 | If you 're back in time , come round , ’ she suggested , and hated herself for grovelling . |
| 13 | Her voice was like thin sharp ice , but not cold enough to fully hide the pain , and she hated herself for letting him hear it . |
| 14 | She hated herself for backing down , but what could she do ? |
| 15 | ‘ I think that secretly , deep down , I hated myself for taking the job . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ No , ’ I said , and hated myself for telling the untruth , but I was thinking of my own boat standing propped on the sand of Straker 's Cay , and I thought of all the work I had lavished on Masquerade , and of all the love and care and time I had poured into her , and I tried to imagine her rotting under the tropical sun with her paint peeling , her deck planks opening and her timbers riddled with termites . |
| 17 | I hated myself for letting you control my life when you despised me . ’ |
| 18 | I hated myself for wounding him , and for perhaps driving him to a life of wickedness , or even death . |
| 19 | ‘ Well ’ — I hated myself for responding to his interest — ‘ we were looking at different kinds of organisational hierarchy and how to construct optimal decision-making procedures in corporate contexts . ’ |
| 20 | I hate myself for doing it , but it comes so naturally I have no choice . |
| 21 | I already hate myself for having taken the job , I know it was a mistake . |
| 22 | I hate myself for asking , but why did you leave ? |
| 23 | ‘ Part of me hates him , ’ he admitted , ‘ and the other part of me hates myself for feeling jealous of such a fantastic guy . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He was in Singapore last week , but he came back at the weekend , I know , ’ she observed innocently , hating herself for needing to know so badly . |
| 25 | She walked about the room , hating herself for pitying herself . |
| 26 | Lisa flushed with pleasure , hating herself for doing it . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll never see my brother again , ’ she moaned , hating herself for sounding so foolish when her grief was so vast . |
| 28 | So blue , so bright , they made her feel mesmerised and shaky , and , hating herself for standing meekly while she was being insulted , she hardened her expression . |
| 29 | I found myself hating them , hating myself for hating them , hating myself for wanting to say so , hating them for putting me in a position of wanting to say so . |
| 30 | I found myself hating them , hating myself for hating them , hating myself for wanting to say so , hating them for putting me in a position of wanting to say so . |