Example sentences of "he [verb] me for [verb] " in BNC.

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1 And he hates me for giving in to them , and for seeing how he 's shrunk .
2 I was 45 before I spoke with Toscanini and then he attacked me for doing Debussy 's Pelléas et Mélisande at La Scala in French .
3 He rebuked me for liking it .
4 He hated me for attracting him .
5 He thanked me for helping take care of his grandmother . ’
6 He scolds me for leaving the flat .
7 ‘ Only a few years ago he criticised me for speaking to the press and said I should never do it again .
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