Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] on [be] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Do I pride myself on being one element in the show 's overall success ? |
2 | I pride myself on being the hardest man on the planet but Dickerson has just reduced my bones to powder . |
3 | By drawing together a variety of material , it builds up a picture of inequity which ‘ is inexcusable in a democratic society which prides itself on being humane ’ . |
4 | This paradoxical state of affairs is the result of three factors : due , first , to the large number of commanders who , like Wojciech Jaruzelski , trace their formative upbringing to the USSR and the Soviet organised First and Second Polish Armies of the Second World War ; secondly , to the social ostracism suffered by officers belonging to an army which prides itself on being the guardian of Communist as well as national values . |
5 | At stake the image of a party which prides itself on being loyal , but which has been riven by dissent . |
6 | Wright , who prides himself on being a fierce competitor , was not impressed by the manager 's outburst — but answered the criticism in the best way possible , by scoring Arsenal 's first goal and then keeping them going as Derby fought their way back into the game . |
7 | The peace of the Messianic Age belongs both to those who once were outsiders and to those who prided themselves on being the elect . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | She valued herself on being self-supporting , ‘ enabled to pay my own expenses many times , at Inns , by printing ’ . |
10 | While everyone else goes about believing 60 or 65 to be the correct retirement age , those who pride themselves on being positive about age have lifted the chronological sights to 70 . |
11 | People who pride themselves on being rational wo n't walk under ladders . |
12 | ( If you pride yourself on being intelligent , for example , bear in mind that someone else might have chosen to have a limited intellect in this life in order to learn from the experience , perhaps because they have over-valued intelligence in the past . ) |
13 | She , too , was a ‘ scholarship girl ’ and we prided ourselves on being the two most intelligent girls in the place . |
14 | In his own bed in Mill Hill Rufus used a sheath or practised coitus interruptus , which he prided himself on being rather good at . |
15 | He prided himself on being a very well esteemed member of the British community . |