Example sentences of "[pron] for [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forgive me for being a little cynical of that . ’ |
| 2 | He says , ‘ The superintendent wo n't recommend me for being a policeman . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It 's always been that — I 've known it all my life — you 've never forgiven me for being a girl — that 's why you love Bri and you do n't love me — you wanted a boy — you always wanted a boy and all you got was a girl — all you got was me ! ’ |
| 4 | There was a girl called Carmen , she was the queen Reject , she just let me hang around with them so she could sneer at me for being a moony . |
| 5 | So excuse me for being a little thick . |
| 6 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
| 7 | ‘ No , all I 'm asking you for is a few moments of Master Lorimer 's time . |
| 8 | ‘ How much does the Prince pay you for being a colonel ? ’ |
| 9 | I forgave you for being a man ages ago but , generally speaking , the male sex is … ’ |
| 10 | I only know that one for being a decent driver |
| 11 | No longer berating herself for being an imperfect mother , she will be satisfied simply to be good enough . ’ |
| 12 | Should I rave on at him for being a litter lout ? |
| 13 | Mr Wilson complained to an industrial tribunal that the company had taken action , short of dismissal , against him for the purpose of deterring him from being or penalising him for being a member of the NUJ , contrary to s 23 of the EP(C)A . |
| 14 | I like him for being a rebel , and we agree on several issues , although I am not sure I would go along with some of his proposals to abolish the monarchy and the House of Lords . |
| 15 | Paradise Lost is taken by most at the level of the author 's presentation and unless one looks very deeply and sceptically at Satan or one is a Christian like Lewis or a Puritan like Milton one can not laugh at him for being a fool . |
| 16 | We should not blame him for being a man of his time but commend him for his remarkable vision and altruism . |
| 17 | The men who overthrew James II denounced him for being an enemy of the type of established property that depended on charters like those of the City of London or the colony of Massachusetts . |
| 18 | He used to niggle at me for being a capitalist farmer and I got at him for being an unemployed commie . |
| 19 | His short-lived journalistic career encompassed the Highland News and then the Cumbernauld News , but after making no headway he swapped it for being a press officer with the Greater Glasgow Passenger Transport Executive . |
| 20 | Surely they ca n't begrudge us for being a tad sharper round the bends ? |