And when she tries to start a new life, he sees it as a selfish act of disloyalty to their son.

Is taking time for myself a selfish act?

It takes me just three minutes to commit a selfish act.

The idea was ridiculed by his advisers: it would inevitably be a huge distraction and seen as a selfish act of disloyalty.

The selfie need not be a selfish act, even if some people believe they are more worthy of self-portraiture than others.

She has few friends and her brother and sister do not bother with her because of her selfish attitude.

Roundabouts in particular are a nightmare for cyclists because of the selfish attitude taken by drivers.

It's a selfish attitude but a fact of life — it's business.

And the selfish attitude of some that low-cost houses can be built anywhere except in their neighbourhood must also disappear.

In any case, tell him to buck up his selfish attitude as you being exhausted will spill over into problems for him before long.

He rushes to his gran's bedside and begs her to forgive him for his selfish behaviour.

Enraging selfish behaviour or couldn't give a stuff?

Can she not see the danger that such selfish behaviour presents to pedestrians?

Staff were warned that 'selfish behaviour will be subject to punishment'.

Time then, surely, for everyone to stop rallying round this weak and selfish individual and let the inevitable happen.

Because of this, he wasn't always a true villain, but sometimes just a selfish individual with no evil agenda.

Selfish individuals would find themselves isolated and so unlikely to survive and reproduce.

Selfish individuals can be key to the common good, scientists have found.

Yet you still find it difficult to draw the line with certain selfish individuals, even in situations that involve practicalities, business or finances.