Example sentences of "[noun prp] prided [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hauser prided himself on his ability to manipulate human beings . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Klein prided himself on being a loyal subject who had served his adopted country with honour . |
| 4 | Auguste prided himself on his immaculate memory for all matters concerning meals for which he was responsible . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In Orphée ( 1950 ) , Cocteau prided himself on using mechanical effects rather than optical trickery for such magical moments as when the characters pass through the mirror to the world of the dead . |
| 7 | Liz prided herself on her tolerance of Ivan 's appalling behaviour . |
| 8 | Waugh prided himself on clowning his way out of trouble as ‘ the likeable Chinaman of the mess , ’ but he was tetchier and more dislikeable than he supposed . |
| 9 | During his inspection of Nikol'skaia volost' , Yakovlev prided himself on his objectivity in criticizing local party activities , given that he was a highly orthodox representative of the central apparatus with a broad knowledge of all-Russian affairs . |
| 10 | Wycliffe prided himself on being reasonably fit , but by the time he was halfway up the hill he knew that he had a heart and lungs . |
| 11 | Even during World War I , Sinclair prided himself on offering his guests delicacies such as Californian peach-fed ham . |
| 12 | Lugard prided himself on the consideration with which he treated the emirs on his own visits to their courts . |
| 13 | Even the large landowners living in Madrid prided themselves on their interest in their tenantry . |