Example sentences of "he [verb] [pron] for being " in BNC.
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| 1 | He hates him for being the initial cause of his mother 's addiction and also the receiver of most of her attention . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He blames himself for being naive about how such centres come into being , and about how they can be run . |
| 4 | But he hated himself for being drawn to her , however briefly , because he was personally involved … |
| 5 | But as soon as he cursed himself for being taken in last night by Isabel 's distress , two insistent memories shook his belief that it had been an act put on for his benefit : the way she had clung fiercely to his hand when they had passed the dungeons , her grip almost painfully strong , and the stricken expression on her face when he had ordered her to strip . |
| 6 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 7 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 8 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 9 | ‘ He fined me for being late and he fined me for being overweight . |
| 10 | he berated him for being |
| 11 | He criticised them for being ‘ too optimistic as to what is and what is not possible to us ’ , and also for under-estimating the enemy 's ability to launch a major offensive . |