Example sentences of "with [pron] for [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Mama was annoyed with me for leaving my baby brother asleep on the big bed in the playroom . |
2 | I was just worried that you 'd be furious with me for bringing them down here when you were out of the country . |
3 | ‘ Pa would 've been livid with me for getting pregnant , and he would n't want his precious fiddle going to pay for anything to do with it . ’ |
4 | ‘ My son was very cross with me for burdening you with the basket of flowers . ’ |
5 | He was furious with me for ringing him . |
6 | Jean-Claude would be pleased with me for staying out of the attic . |
7 | I am sure Peter will not take issue with me for saying , right now , that his filter is an ugly beast . |
8 | And she was annoyed with them for knowing so much , she had begun to feel safe in the hotel . |
9 | The investigators suggested that the combination of communication deviance and critical , intrusive or guilt-inducing affect from parents meant that their adolescent child had ‘ little recourse through communication with them for exploring , clarifying , or correcting his feelings of unworthiness , rejection , or isolation ’ . |
10 | The Incident happened in the 1930s when a Hartlepool couple were jailed for attacking a shop owner who 'd remonstrated with them for drinking out of the vinegar bottle . |
11 | Not the part about Jeff and Silvia disappearing off together — though she felt angry with them for doing that , she was n't totally surprised . |
12 | Oh I asked him to go to the insurance company and find out whether I 'm covered with them for having my aerial replaced and I wrote a letter asking if he could be empowered to sign the claim form for me |
13 | Suddenly she was angry with everyone for involving her in all this . |
14 | He found he was angry with himself for leaving his seat ; he had badly wanted to hear what his father was about to say , but the all-too-familiar sound of him praising his brother had produced its usual feeling of agitation . |
15 | Driving back from seeing Ray Darby , Wickham was stern with himself for having twice in one day fallen into reminiscence about Vanessa . |
16 | However , the frown on his face did not surprise her , as it probably meant he was annoyed with himself for having been quite so fervent in the way he 'd crushed her lips beneath his own . |
17 | Until , that is , he realises what he has done , and feels cross with himself for walking into an emotional trap of his own unconscious devising . |
18 | ‘ How are you ? ’ he asked , and was annoyed with himself for sounding so effusive . |
19 | Angry as he was at the directors for failing to appreciate his talents and not understanding what he was driving at , Dustin was angrier with himself for losing jobs . |
20 | Philip was sick with himself for letting him go . |
21 | He still showed little emotional reaction though he was evidently angry with himself for letting his natural arrogance be so easily quashed . |
22 | Teversham was unnerved by the nearness of the following Land Rover and irritated with himself for missing an elementary point . |
23 | Before I could reply he took himself up quickly , as if angry with himself for asking . |
24 | I am not angry with you for writing such innocent letters as these . |
25 | When my master summoned me and told me you had written to him , at first I was angry with you for betraying my and I blessed you . |
26 | She did n't want him to stop kissing her , but curiosity made her murmur , ‘ Did you honestly believe that I would n't be angry with you for telling me so abruptly that you were Miguelito ? ’ |
27 | ‘ He was furious with you for making a special lunch . |
28 | Sabine tried to sound non-committal and was furious with herself for blushing . |
29 | Irritated with herself for reminding him , Julia turned back to face the front and said nothing more until Bill had dropped them outside a big yellow house on the edge of Fiesole . |
30 | At first , angry with herself for over-reacting , Nell felt suddenly deflated . |