Example sentences of "pride herself on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Thatcher prides herself on her reputation as an ‘ Iron Lady ’ . |
| 2 | Until recently it has tended to be a middle-class , if not an upper-class , home where the father prides himself on being able to provide well for his family , and the mother prides herself on being a good ‘ homemaker ’ who runs the establishment with precise efficiency , giving careful consideration to the basic ( i.e. material ) needs of all the occupants . |
| 3 | Rock 's raunchiest star prides herself on always speaking her mind . |
| 4 | Here , the manageress Giovanna has been welcoming guests for 30 years and prides herself on offering a simple , comfortable hotel and a good choice of menu . |
| 5 | As her name indicates , Serena prides herself on being under control . |
| 6 | Mrs Thatcher prides herself on her strong and determined leadership , but this frequently means overruling colleagues and ignoring advice . |
| 7 | Jane Austen rather prides herself on writing on things with a fairly restricted area of interest , whereas George Eliot , on the other hand , I think is interested to write about all sorts of things . |
| 8 | She , who prided herself on her intelligence ! |
| 9 | Jimmy 's wife prided herself on her barracuda curry , which would make a change from lobster . |
| 10 | They were vetted by Lady Wardley , who prided herself on knowing all the Northumbrian families worth knowing . |
| 11 | This was the second disappointment for my mother , who prided herself on her own intelligence and wanted her children to succeed academically , because she felt it would be the only way we could be successful in life , there being no money at home . |
| 12 | She was especially furious that someone had succeeded in making her jump and yell like that because she prided herself on her toughness . |
| 13 | She prided herself on her ability to sift through the most innocent conversations and turn them into major scandals . |
| 14 | Aggie was a spotlessly clean woman who prided herself on her housekeeping . |
| 15 | Anna prided herself on setting a good table ; now , in wartime London , she put her mind to it : great lasagne pies , Virginia ham , as well as all the best fish , game and vegetables her friends in the country sent her . |
| 16 | Liz prided herself on her tolerance of Ivan 's appalling behaviour . |
| 17 | She prided herself on the last . |
| 18 | She was not thinking clearly and she prided herself on thinking clearly : priorities , motives , objectives . |
| 19 | Barbs prided herself on her deep and politically informed compassion . |
| 20 | Sergeant Henley prided herself on her power to prise out information by a mixture of persuasion and light bullying like the icing on a cake , and although this had never worked particularly well with Roxie in the past , this was no reason not to try it now . |
| 21 | Margaret Seymour-Strachey ( who prided herself on being the perfect daughter-in-law ) would do anything for her husband 's mother except bring her children into overmuch contact with her . |
| 22 | She prided herself on her strength — and yet this man , who had already proven he could stand up to her verbally , was holding her off as she if she were a feather . |
| 23 | Elise Fox was a woman who prided herself on her ability to deal with crisis , but at eleven o'clock that Saturday night she still lay limp on the sofa in the flat , looking utterly shattered when her young sister came in from the kitchen with yet another pot of strong black coffee . |
| 24 | ‘ Oh , best of luck , Hoo-arn , ’ she cried , priding herself on her pronunciation , as Juan cantered on to the field , followed by a cloud of dust and the eyes of every woman round the pitch . |
| 25 | She , who had always prided herself on total moral and material independence . |
| 26 | And Sally had always prided herself on being sensible , if nothing else . |
| 27 | She was a grown woman and she had always prided herself on her common sense , but all the same … |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Kate had prided herself on never doing so , but maybe she had failed ? |
| 30 | She 'd always prided herself on her inner strength . |