Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she scolded herself for getting carried away , when she should be preparing how best to approach her mother over the subject of Elaine . |
| 2 | She felt a sharp pang at the thought that he could n't possibly desire her , and scolded herself for feeling like that . |
| 3 | At the end of that time ‘ he qualified himself for practising whether as a physician or a surgeon ’ , and returned to Bedfordshire where , ‘ with the consent of the Clergy and the local practitioners , he attended the destitute poor ’ . |
| 4 | And hated himself for depending on it . |
| 5 | He hated himself for pressing a dying friend , but some gut-fear , some primordial terror drove him on . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Britta hated herself for wanting the arm to encircle her again . |
| 8 | She hated herself for wanting to know , but the words just seemed to leap out . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She hated herself for doubting him . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | She hated herself for falling in love so easily with her handsome husband , who , she now realized , could not be trusted . |
| 13 | It was a long way to Hackballs Cross , and she hated herself for going , spat hatred at herself as she threw the Metro southwards . |
| 14 | If you 're back in time , come round , ’ she suggested , and hated herself for grovelling . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She hated herself for backing down , but what could she do ? |
| 17 | ‘ I think that secretly , deep down , I hated myself for taking the job . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . |
| 19 | I hated myself for letting you control my life when you despised me . ’ |
| 20 | I hated myself for wounding him , and for perhaps driving him to a life of wickedness , or even death . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | He blamed himself for crediting her with a maturity she did not possess , and regretted that his attempts to assist her studies had been so tragically misinterpreted by her . |
| 23 | He blamed himself for letting Jess persuade him into running off . |
| 24 | The coroner suddenly felt rather giddy and quietly cursed himself for drinking so much . |
| 25 | The old man silently cursed himself for blurting out his intentions just now … about how he would leave nothing to David , yet everything he had to his own undeserving son . |
| 26 | Pooley cursed himself for letting his vanity give him away . |
| 27 | Owen cursed himself for having been so foolhardy as to get involved in this affair . |
| 28 | He felt embarrassed , yet cursed himself for feeling that way . |
| 29 | While he waited for the bath to fill he went through the whole scene again in his head and congratulated himself for staying so calm . |
| 30 | She blamed herself for trusting him to wait , for not refusing to go to Sniffy without the van keys in her possession . |