Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [being] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She , too , was a ‘ scholarship girl ’ and we prided ourselves on being the two most intelligent girls in the place . |
| 2 | Murdoch prides himself on being a journalist with the skill to edit his papers personally as and when he chooses . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Klein prided himself on being a loyal subject who had served his adopted country with honour . |
| 5 | He prided himself on being a very well esteemed member of the British community . |
| 6 | The conductor prided himself on being the ‘ captain' of the train , a sort of superior butler with a whole range of footmen , menials , and tweenies under his command . |
| 7 | That day he committed himself to being a busker . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The ’ safety-deposit planet ’ , as it was called , prided itself on being the most secure place in the galaxy — and also one of the most law-abiding . |
| 10 | I agree that where we 're living at the moment does n't exactly lend itself to being a family home . |
| 11 | And when he met and married Nessie Monaghan , he was immediately aware , like any true artist , that she had the better natural voice and he contented himself with being a better-than-ordinary pub tenor and a hit at every christening , wedding and funeral he attended . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | No longer berating herself for being an imperfect mother , she will be satisfied simply to be good enough . ’ |
| 15 | The Foundation 's Annual Report for 1946 outlined its policy on the aged poor : ‘ As machines replace muscles as the motive force , the possibilities of extending useful employment could bring new purpose and new hope to those who have reluctantly accustomed themselves to being a burden ’ ( p. 47 ) In that year the Foundation founded the Nuffield Research Unit into Problems of Ageing , at the University of Cambridge , with the purpose of studying ‘ those changes of human performance in middle and old age likely to have a bearing upon capacity for work in industry ’ ( Nuffield Foundation 1953b : 160 ) , a ten-year project . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The peace of the Messianic Age belongs both to those who once were outsiders and to those who prided themselves on being the elect . |
| 18 | He had worked in Belfast in the late 1940s , and compared the Labour scene in Derry unfavourably with that of the larger city : ‘ We may pride ourselves on being a city but politically we are still a small Ulster town . ’ |
| 19 | You may pride yourself on being a generous listener who is very interested in others , and use this pride to excuse you from using control tactics . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 21 | I pride myself on being the hardest man on the planet but Dickerson has just reduced my bones to powder . |