Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pn reflx] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could assume that the bucks would present themselves for locking up . |
| 2 | Few occasions , however , will present themselves for using the extreme upward limits of compass . |
| 3 | for the animal in its mud burrow , valuable time will be lost if it can not prepare itself for foraging until after the tide has left the shore . |
| 4 | And , lastly , the definition of rules for housework establishes a mechanism whereby the housewife can reward herself for doing it . |
| 5 | She did not blame herself for going on the cruise , although she sensed that Adam , always an opportunist , had taken advantage of her absence . |
| 6 | She begged pardon at once for — being so free as to presume I will be read but then , ma'am , you must blame yourself for encouraging in me that letter-writing soul . |
| 7 | Whenever crab and lobster pots produce a sparse harvest , fishermen do n't blame themselves for looting the sea bed — it 's those damned divers again . |
| 8 | I did n't chew my nails with regret at giving him my virginity , furious at my weakness in lying down for him , and taking this boy in my arms just because he was English , a citizen of that great nation which had once ruled half the globe : nor did I blame myself for clinging on to an idea even though it meant severing my links with my country , and travelling to London alone without any member of my family . |
| 9 | I can not console myself for having missed it . ’ |
| 10 | You can then congratulate yourself for going over your time , or at least by persevering satisfy yourself that you have made a little headway . |
| 11 | They plan to be back in Europe in October or November , and if their performances are anything like the last London one , you 'll kick yourself for missing them . |
| 12 | No one fully understands the workings of these interlocking systems and we may forgive ourselves for having a sensation of something slipping through our fingers when we try to grasp them — but one thing is certain : the choices we make about the order of the information in discourse reveal our own assumptions about the world and about the people we are trying to communicate with . |
| 13 | Afterwards , Wilson could not forgive herself for endangering these beautifully laid plans . |
| 14 | I shall never forgive myself for leaving Sir Henry alone , ’ I whispered angrily . |