Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | After all , Changez was needed in the shop even more urgently now that Anwar had so enfeebled himself on the Gandhi-diet in order to get Changez to Britain in the first place . |
| 2 | The elation he 'd felt the day before at his own breathtaking adventure with the Moi girl now also seemed suddenly shameful to him , and he began to wonder if his exaggerated pride in the deed had n't been the direct cause of the danger in which he and his mother had suddenly found themselves on the plain . |
| 3 | Rugby has long prided itself on its image as a players ' game and any ‘ play to entertain ’ push could only accelerate the drift towards professionalism . |
| 4 | There had been little enthusiasm for the renewal of war in Scotland in 1332 , and apart from his victory at Halidon Hill Edward had scarcely distinguished himself on his Scottish campaigns . |
| 5 | A third terrorist had already flung himself on top of Patrick . |
| 6 | ‘ It was the first time I 'd ever seen myself on screen . |
| 7 | Where the remedy has been too ‘ strong ’ for the patient 's vitality this has always shown itself on the first few doses and it has merely been necessary to wait a day or two for the over-reaction to settle and then to begin again using greater dilution . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Grant had always prided himself on his fitness and worked out regularly in his health club gym , but by the time he made it to where the stone coping of the sloping gable joined the chimney stack , he felt as though every muscle of his arms and shoulders were on fire . |
| 10 | She , who had always prided herself on total moral and material independence . |
| 11 | And Sally had always prided herself on being sensible , if nothing else . |
| 12 | She was a grown woman and she had always prided herself on her common sense , but all the same … |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | She 'd always prided herself on her inner strength . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 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 — who 'd always prided herself on her clear , incisive brain — was now finding that her thought processes seemed to be completely jammed . |
| 18 | She had always prided herself on her tolerance and open-mindedness — how dared he call her bigoted ? |
| 19 | But for a company which had always prided itself on its ‘ family ’ aspect it was a cruel blow . |
| 20 | Ireland has always prided itself on its ' concern for developing countries . |
| 21 | DARLINGTON has always prided itself on its railway heritage and is nationally known as the railway town . |
| 22 | Emily always repeated this warning , although she was the only one who had ever cut herself on the bacon-slicer . |
| 23 | No older girl has ever pissed herself on account of Laverne before . |
| 24 | You 've also got yourself on my bad side ; since I hate to fail on any assignment , your survival yesterday was most irritating . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Charles now placed himself on a par with Lothar and Louis the German ( whose teenage sons had recently begun to play an active political role themselves ) . |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 28 | 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 ? ’ |
| 29 | In that first parliament of his , immediately after his coronation , he had refrained from asking for money , had even prided himself on his princely forbearance , and believed it had won him friends and trust . |
| 30 | No Hellenistic poet or philosopher quoted it , although modern scholars have sometimes deluded themselves on this subject . |