Example sentences of "[pn reflx] for not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We could kick ourselves for not realising the obvious distinction . |
| 2 | anger at ourselves for not making more of ourselves |
| 3 | Instead of threatening Cumani , the punter with the violent rather than lucky streak should be kicking himself for not biding his time before backing Shellac . |
| 4 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 5 | Philip was mad at himself for not taking the cutters off the boy . |
| 6 | TONY COTTEE grabbed two goals as Everton over ran Forest , but he was left kicking himself for not completing the hat-trick that was up for grabs . |
| 7 | With a sudden pang of remorse , he reproached himself for not telling Zohra about the warnings he had received , if warnings they were , about the messages he had decided to ignore , on her behalf as well as his own . |
| 8 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 9 | IN THE DAYS THAT FOLLOWED , NIGEL KICKED HIMSELF FOR NOT untying the bunch of flowers and looking to see if there was a card inside . |
| 10 | Act 1 scene 7. in which he is laying down the reasons to himself for not killing the king he even admits to himself that his ambition is very powerful ‘ vaulting ambition ’ . |
| 11 | Johnny Boyle pushed his way through the crowd gathering about Gallagher , cursing himself for not having arrived sooner . |
| 12 | For days he 'd been in the blackest of moods , furious with her for wasting herself on a man old enough to be her father , and even more furious with himself for not having taken her forcefully after that Christmas evening when he 'd known her feelings were as inflamed as his own . |
| 13 | He cursed himself for not having brought his keys . |
| 14 | So he just kicked himself for not having made the obvious connection . ’ |
| 15 | It blames current top management and the board itself for not understanding how bad the problems are or knowing how to solve them . |
| 16 | Harriet stiffened , totally taken by surprise and annoyed with herself for not realising the moment he mentioned insurance the reason why he was here . |
| 17 | She was annoyed with herself for not stating openly what was really worrying her . |
| 18 | A family member who did not react to the craziness of Chemical Dependency or other addictive disease would be a very strange , unreactive , person who might well be considered to be at least odd if not ill or crazy himself or herself for not reacting . |
| 19 | Anna , determined not to be able to reproach herself for not trying , took on the women and children . |
| 20 | She blamed herself for the way Tina was , though she did not know what she had done wrong , and she blamed herself for not trying harder to keep Tina in her house when she wanted to go off to Jarvis Stringer 's . |
| 21 | Eva found herself about four rows back , wondering what was to happen next and chiding herself for not thinking to check beforehand . |
| 22 | She was just cursing herself for not having had the courage to go straight over to him in the first place when he appeared again , a little further down . |
| 23 | Reproaching herself for not having unlocked it when she had come in from the main door , she rose quickly and went to open up . |
| 24 | For one thing , she discovered that her conscience was at fault over Jewish persecution and she blamed herself for not coming out against such cruelty earlier . |
| 25 | Her voice was very steady , monotonous and unemotional , and she was proud of herself for not giving in . |
| 26 | As she held her mother , she noticed how thin she 'd become and Hari blamed herself for not realizing sooner how sick mam was . |
| 27 | ‘ Of course , ’ I lied and cursed to myself for not remembering to put a pencil behind my ear like I normally do when I use the phone . |
| 28 | Blaming myself for not bringing them together . |
| 29 | I think about it a couple of hundred times a day and kick myself for not staying right there . |
| 30 | You ca n't know how much I hate myself for not believing you . |