Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pn reflx] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She felt a sharp pang at the thought that he could n't possibly desire her , and scolded herself for feeling like that . |
| 2 | And hated himself for depending on it . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | If you 're back in time , come round , ’ she suggested , and hated herself for grovelling . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Belinda saw the gesture , winced inwardly as the image stabbed at her feelings , and despised herself for wasting her emotions in this way . |