Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pn reflx] on have " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pride myself on having a slightly more sophisticated sense of humour than that . ’ |
| 2 | Meantime at Southampton University , which prides itself on having the largest optoelectronics research group in the UK with 100 scientists , its own fabrication facilities and 35 dark room labs , activities are focussed on a variety of optical fibre , laser and sensor devices . |
| 3 | He was a man who prided himself on having everything at his fingertips , but he had not counted on Berdichev 's directness . |
| 4 | The fact that obligations of kinship and personal lordship , and the justice of the feud , were extremely effective methods of control in the localities of early modem Scotland naturally carried little conviction for societies who prided themselves on having advanced beyond these things ; and since a long historiographical tradition has much preferred kings who reduced the powers of their aristocracies , and signed their account books , the Scottish monarchy , whose power rested on quite different things , has not attracted much praise . |
| 5 | We pride ourselves on having secured excellent , often especially upgraded , inflight services for our customers and offer a large number of Saturday departures . |
| 6 | We pride ourselves on having won the propaganda war . |
| 7 | ‘ They are a big , heavy side and they pride themselves on having rugged forwards , ’ said Moore . |