Example sentences of "[conj] [pn reflx] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't make her out , or himself for that matter . |
| 2 | Gradually society 's standards become internalised and an individual becomes his or her own source of rewards and punishments ; for example congratulating him or herself for being polite and feeling guilty for being rude . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I do not want to detain the House or myself for long , but I pay tribute to the role of the European Community and to the monitors who have served with considerable bravery and tenacity during the conflict . |
| 5 | Please do not telephone the Computer Support Officer or myself for assistance or consumables . |
| 6 | Please , I 'll pass on the information that you 've received , contact Kevin or myself for the details that are on the leaflets we 've put about . |
| 7 | Jacob is not dealing with a demon , and when the answer to his question comes , together with the dawn , he knows that himself for certain : ‘ Why is it that you ask my name ? ’ |
| 8 | A minority viewed such anxieties as veiled excuses for inaction , but the majority would endorse the warning Herzen had delivered in 1862 that the revolutionaries must not ‘ take the people for clay and ourselves for sculptors ’ . |
| 9 | The purpose of his journey , which he revealed to the king 's sister , Adela , countess of Blois , was to excommunicate the king , ‘ for the injury which he had done to God and himself for the last two years and more . ’ |
| 10 | At Dry Drayton near Cambridge he had succeeded his father as patron and incumbent in 1808 , presented his own eldest son Samuel in 1829 , and himself for the second time in 1831 . |
| 11 | In its original thinking for the clearing house scheme , announced last July , the Exchange intended that a management agreement will exist between the clearing house and itself for the use of the Exchange 's existing and projected settlement services . |
| 12 | I rise to return thanks on behalf of my fellow guests and myself for the honour you have done us , and the pleasure you have given us , by asking us to share in this , your annual occasion . |
| 13 | ‘ The War Office , ’ Major Calder explained , ‘ were pressing Captain Carew and myself for more and more information about the IRB . |
| 14 | ‘ I can say the same for all the great West Indies bowlers and myself for that matter . |
| 15 | I blamed my sites , my machine , and myself for this , but never really believed that the areas I was working had been totally worked-out . |
| 16 | Well , I do n't know who was the more insane , he for singing or Benjamin and myself for joining in . |
| 17 | It does not sit easily with that denial of consultation for the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside now to criticise my right hon. Friends and myself for introducing fair and straightforward proposals for a council tax . |
| 18 | But the East Germans , deaf to all advice , are lashing out in fury and bitterness , blaming everyone but themselves for their predicament . |
| 19 | PREMIER John Major and Chancellor Norman Lamont were fighting for their political lives last night — and blaming anyone but themselves for the mess . |
| 20 | In both of the novels a heroine is involved for committing herself to do something important enough only as itself for example , Elizabeth Bennet walks three fatiguing miles to Netherfield to pay a visit to her ill sister ; Fanny Price opposes her cousins ' attempts to include her in amateur theatricals . |