Example sentences of "i [vb base] [pn reflx] for " in BNC.
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1 | I despise you , and I despise myself for needing you , but I do need . ’ |
2 | John is the only person I talk to about how ugly and disgusting I feel , how fat I think I am , how much I hate myself for being out of control . |
3 | I hate myself for being weak , and wish I were younger and stronger , but I 'm 68 years old and no match for them . |
4 | I hate myself for asking , but why did you leave ? |
5 | ‘ It 's patronising , and it 's my own fault that you can all patronise me , and I hate myself for it . ’ |
6 | I hate myself for doing it , but it comes so naturally I have no choice . |
7 | You ca n't know how much I hate myself for not believing you . |
8 | I curse myself for not strangling you in your cradle . |
9 | I brace myself for the sight of the posters , unrolled and exposed , and the dole cards . |
10 | When I get back to base , bruised and battered , I brace myself for a reception that will make the Day of Judgment look like a Sunday School picnic . |
11 | I find the French development encouraging , for I have myself for years been experimenting with whisky in the cooking pots . |
12 | The letter had ended , ‘ I beggar myself for years because of you . |
13 | I blame myself for looking on and allowing you to poison their minds . |
14 | I blame myself for talking to those other lassies . |
15 | I 'm a single parent , and I blame myself for the way he is — but I feel it 's too late to get through to him now as talking or reasoning does n't work . |
16 | In the darkness he said : ‘ I know nothing more than I have told you , but I blame myself for what happened . |
17 | I blame myself for the things that happened later . |