Example sentences of "pride myself on " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm beginning to know exactly how they feel , ’ Lindsey smiled , ‘ and I 've always rather prided myself on having a pretty good sense of direction . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I used to pride myself on my self-control . ’ |
| 4 | I always prided myself on not being afraid . |
| 5 | ‘ Do I pride myself on being one element in the show 's overall success ? |
| 6 | I pride myself on being the hardest man on the planet but Dickerson has just reduced my bones to powder . |
| 7 | ‘ I sort of pride myself on being a normal human being and not a rock caricature , not pandering to people 's expectations of being psychopaths or cray-ZEE ! people … ’ |
| 8 | I pride myself on the efforts I have made to retain my individual values while working for my company . |
| 9 | I pride myself on an ability to remember route details , but I do n't think I kept to my line of ascent for more than a third of the way down the first time I did the Hornli Ridge . |
| 10 | I pride myself on having a slightly more sophisticated sense of humour than that . ’ |