Example sentences of "was [verb] with [pn reflx] 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 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | And then Ellie was exasperated with herself for even caring . |