Example sentences of "he [vb past] himself for not " in BNC.
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| 1 | He cursed himself for not having brought his keys . |
| 2 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 3 | He began to speak out loud over the sound of the copious running water ; he congratulated himself for not crying in public , he congratulated himself for not getting hurt , for not letting himself be assaulted on the way home , for not letting anyone corner him or get him down on the floor or up against a wall but for keeping walking instead . |
| 4 | With a sudden pang of remorse , he reproached himself for not telling Zohra about the warnings he had received , if warnings they were , about the messages he had decided to ignore , on her behalf as well as his own . |
| 5 | He believed it to work in scenes rather than in its entirety , and in a lecture some years later he criticized himself for not properly developing the action and for failing to adapt the classical theme to a contemporary situation . |