Example sentences of "[vb past] [pn reflx] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wished she had worn some make-up , then chastised herself for such a feeble thought . |
| 2 | JIM COURIER redeemed himself for past Davis Cup failures by beating Switzerland 's Jakob Hlasek in Fort Worth , Texas last night to clinch the Cup for the United States for the 30th time since 1900 . |
| 3 | Cheerful , and unaware of the failures at the southern lock , he urged on young Watson , who steeled himself for another attempt at breaking through the place . |
| 4 | She also wanted her own business , and during her years in the trade prepared herself for this by learning as much as she could about bookshop buying , repping and wholesaling , financial administration , rights and coeditions , export sales , publicity , and paid-for promotion . |
| 5 | The others keened themselves for any sound , for any indication of anyone responding to Silk 's movement — the clink of a grenade pin , the withering blast of a machine gun . |
| 6 | My boss returned along the passage at a furious gallop and I steeled myself for some unpleasantness as the young man was rousted from his bed . |
| 7 | He hated himself for these demeaning fantasies , and was reasonably afraid that she might suspect he nourished them . |
| 8 | She loathed herself for such pettiness , but she was so helplessly without any control over their relationship that pride or all that remained of it demanded that she administer these little pricks to his satisfaction , although she knew she had no hope of succeeding in puncturing it properly . |
| 9 | And Lisa hated herself for that . |
| 10 | She hated herself for that , bringing herself down to a spiteful , vengeful , ‘ woman scorned ’ level . |
| 11 | Another part of Phoebe hated herself for this cynical internal grin , because these were her friends and she was indubitably one of them , and could not imagine being otherwise . |
| 12 | I locked myself for two days and nights in my room without food or water or sleep . |
| 13 | They blamed themselves for this unfortunate marriage . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | His head dipped towards her , and she braced herself for another of his harsh , punishing kisses , knowing any attempt at escape would be a complete waste of time . |
| 16 | As the geological cycles repeated themselves for some three thousand million years , as the volcanoes exploded and spent themselves , life in the sea burgeoned into many forms ; but the land still remained barren . |
| 17 | Ahead through a David Lee goal , Chelsea braced themselves for United 's response . |
| 18 | He swiftly chided himself for such thoughts ; he 'd been taught to shun physical contact , even on a platonic level . |
| 19 | While Maud rested on balconies overlooking Lake Garda , the Matterhorn , the Bay of Naples and the Tuileries Gardens , James took himself for long walks . |
| 20 | Land was parcelled out to major mamluks to enrich themselves and this unusual form of alien rule perpetuated itself for several centuries . |
| 21 | While Agassi and Sampras , with supreme pre-final confidence , had flown home from Frankfurt after the ATP Finals for a few days of relaxation in Florida before returning to Europe , Noah had taken his squad off to a Swiss tennis resort , where they trained for 6 hours a day , offered themselves for 30 minutes daily to the press for customary grilling and focussed wholly on the task in hand . |
| 22 | In this way , I amused myself for some minutes until I turned my head a fraction and discovered that the old lady was watching me . |
| 23 | He despised himself for this and consequently admired Elsie all the more . |
| 24 | Lisa despised herself for that treacherous reaction . |
| 25 | Alix could not have afforded this solution , and would have thought it cheating had she been able to afford it , although she thoroughly despised herself for these scruples . |