Example sentences of "[pron] have [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ It was the first time I 'd ever seen myself on screen . |
2 | A gentleman may be defined as someone who never inflicts pain unintentionally , and where women are concerned I 've always prided myself on being a perfect gent . |
3 | So I 've never based myself on any of that , because it 's really just a myth , ’ says Neneh . |
4 | When you 've done that first one you 'll have to let us have a listen , I 've never heard myself on the tape before . |
5 | But for a company which had always prided itself on its ‘ family ’ aspect it was a cruel blow . |
6 | Pakrac formed part of Croatia 's Knin province , which had unilaterally declared itself on Feb. 28 to be the " Serbian Autonomous Region of Krajina " , in contravention of Croatian law [ see p. 38019 ] , pronouncing itself in favour of union with Serbia and Montenegro , and with the Serbian population of neighbouring Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
7 | She has yet to prove herself on a large stage . |
8 | You 'd better get yourself on a plane tomorrow morning and get it … ! ’ |
9 | She 'd always prided herself on her inner strength . |
10 | In truth , she 'd never reacted to male advances with such venom before — in fact she 'd always prided herself on being able to stay cool . |
11 | She — who 'd always prided herself on her clear , incisive brain — was now finding that her thought processes seemed to be completely jammed . |
12 | You 've also got yourself on my bad side ; since I hate to fail on any assignment , your survival yesterday was most irritating . ’ |
13 | In Faye 's first painting , she had turned out so wraithlike and ethereal that she had secretly weighed herself on Faye 's bathroom scales to make sure she still came in at fifty-three kilograms . |
14 | She was a grown woman and she had always prided herself on her common sense , but all the same … |
15 | She had always prided herself on her resoluteness and fortitude but there was one fear she had never managed to conquer — a fear of rats which dated back to an incident when she was three years old . |
16 | She had always prided herself on her calm , her coolness under pressure , yet twenty minutes of Luke Calder 's company and she was ready to act like a harpy ! |
17 | She had always prided herself on her tolerance and open-mindedness — how dared he call her bigoted ? |
18 | When I was foolish enough to laugh at a preposterous and provocative statement made by Mr Dinsdale — who had surely modelled himself on Dickens 's character Mr Bounderby — he gave me a withering look and asked sarcastically : ‘ Is this a reason to laugh ? ’ |
19 | Emily always repeated this warning , although she was the only one who had ever cut herself on the bacon-slicer . |
20 | She , who had always prided herself on total moral and material independence . |