Example sentences of "was [verb] with [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was irritated with himself for being so pathetic . |
| 2 | She was irritated with herself for thinking like a spy , for slipping into Urquhart 's world of suspicion and conspiracy , and as she became more irritated with herself , she became sharp with her companion . |
| 3 | She was irritated with herself for feeling nervous . |
| 4 | If so , it was at Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cummage ’ ) that Coleridge first set foot within that secluded , forgotten territory , bounded by the Quantock Hills and a bleakly impressive coastline , which was to remain with him for the rest of his life . |
| 5 | His first column , under the generic strap-line ‘ Sitting on the Fence ’ , appeared on 30 November 1930 on page 3 — a star position — and under his new by-line , Nathaniel Gubbins , which was to remain with him for life . |
| 6 | Last I heard she was living with her for . |
| 7 | I felt he was vying with me for proprietary rights over Jean-Claude . |
| 8 | To adhere to the ( 1855 ) treaty that has been made , and which we on our side have kept … you have broken the treaty not we … that engagement was made with us for 20 years … |
| 9 | Naturally he would assume that Richard was staying with her for the weekend . |
| 10 | The question of what he was to do with himself for the rest of his life was never properly resolved in his mind or anyone else 's , which perhaps accounts for his periodic assaults on the whiskey bottle — what Minto called ‘ Warnie 's benders ’ . |
| 11 | And then Ellie was exasperated with herself for even caring . |
| 12 | Jazz 's target was to stay with him for the full four minutes . |