Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] himself for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He rebuked himself for his stupidity . |
| 2 | At the end of that time ‘ he qualified himself for practising whether as a physician or a surgeon ’ , and returned to Bedfordshire where , ‘ with the consent of the Clergy and the local practitioners , he attended the destitute poor ’ . |
| 3 | In what was seen as a policy of high personal risk , he proposed himself for the post of Prime Minister ( Ivan Silayev having resigned in September — see p. 38416 ) . |
| 4 | He blames himself for being naive about how such centres come into being , and about how they can be run . |
| 5 | He blames himself for the 35-yard rocket from Paul Gascoigne that ripped through his grasp after just five minutes . |
| 6 | ‘ Mark you , Southey ! — I will do my Duty , ’ he wrote from London five days later , as he steeled himself for his promised return to Bristol and the renewal of his relationship with Sara . |
| 7 | Meanwhile he readied himself for a sixteen-tooth smile . |
| 8 | But instead he was attracted to men , and he crucified himself for it . ’ |
| 9 | He hated himself for these demeaning fantasies , and was reasonably afraid that she might suspect he nourished them . |
| 10 | He hated himself for pressing a dying friend , but some gut-fear , some primordial terror drove him on . |
| 11 | And he hated himself for it . |
| 12 | But he hated himself for being drawn to her , however briefly , because he was personally involved … |
| 13 | Pontius Pilate , also he rejects the Lord Jesus and in doing so he hated himself for it . |
| 14 | Course he hated himself for it , just as every person who is not a christian will hate themselves because they had , anything to do with that crowd who had cried out , away with him ! |
| 15 | Later he reproves himself for an impulse to be rude to a ‘ good auld guy ’ encountered during his terminal search for a bus , and we think of the prating ‘ good old man ’ Polonius . |
| 16 | He cursed himself for a fool . |
| 17 | He cursed himself for his carelessness , and dug his heels back to speed the wear mare . |
| 18 | A solitary tear escaped his eye , and he cursed himself for it . |
| 19 | He cursed himself for not having brought his keys . |
| 20 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He blamed himself for letting Jess persuade him into running off . |
| 24 | He blamed himself for the death of his friend , thinking that if he had n't used the ouija board , perhaps his friend would still be alive . |
| 25 | He blamed himself for crediting her with a maturity she did not possess , and regretted that his attempts to assist her studies had been so tragically misinterpreted by her . |
| 26 | But even as he braced himself for the end , Robin took a remarkable last photograph of himself for his family . |
| 27 | For a fleeting moment he braced himself for confrontation , suspecting that they would want all three bags , but they left him his . |
| 28 | Suragai 's hands were already scratched and bleeding , and he was cursing quietly in his own tongue as he positioned himself for another rescue attempt . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | He gathered himself for a giant leap and SPRONG ! landed right in the middle of the sleeping ducks . |