Example sentences of "i [vb base] myself for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I despise you , and I despise myself for needing you , but I do need . ’ |
| 2 | John is the only person I talk to about how ugly and disgusting I feel , how fat I think I am , how much I hate myself for being out of control . |
| 3 | I hate myself for being weak , and wish I were younger and stronger , but I 'm 68 years old and no match for them . |
| 4 | I hate myself for asking , but why did you leave ? |
| 5 | ‘ It 's patronising , and it 's my own fault that you can all patronise me , and I hate myself for it . ’ |
| 6 | I hate myself for doing it , but it comes so naturally I have no choice . |
| 7 | You ca n't know how much I hate myself for not believing you . |
| 8 | I curse myself for not strangling you in your cradle . |
| 9 | I brace myself for the sight of the posters , unrolled and exposed , and the dole cards . |
| 10 | When I get back to base , bruised and battered , I brace myself for a reception that will make the Day of Judgment look like a Sunday School picnic . |
| 11 | I find the French development encouraging , for I have myself for years been experimenting with whisky in the cooking pots . |
| 12 | The letter had ended , ‘ I beggar myself for years because of you . |
| 13 | I blame myself for looking on and allowing you to poison their minds . |
| 14 | I blame myself for talking to those other lassies . |
| 15 | I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work . |
| 16 | In the darkness he said : ‘ I know nothing more than I have told you , but I blame myself for what happened . |
| 17 | I blame myself for the things that happened later . |