Example sentences of "[pers pn] pride [pn reflx] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pride myself on being the hardest man on the planet but Dickerson has just reduced my bones to powder . |
| 2 | I pride myself on the efforts I have made to retain my individual values while working for my company . |
| 3 | I pride myself on an ability to remember route details , but I do n't think I kept to my line of ascent for more than a third of the way down the first time I did the Hornli Ridge . |
| 4 | I pride myself on having a slightly more sophisticated sense of humour than that . ’ |
| 5 | ( 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 . ) |
| 6 | ‘ You pride yourself on your fearlessness , ’ commented Lucenzo . |
| 7 | At Adkin we pride ourselves on giving you that help every step of the way . |
| 8 | As we pride ourselves on our service we would certainly like to hear from you if there is any reason for not renewing your entry . |
| 9 | At Midland , we pride ourselves on establishing long term relationships with our customers . |
| 10 | As a nation we pride ourselves on our strong sense of sportsmanship and fair play . |
| 11 | It is perhaps strange that , whilst we pride ourselves on our commitment to individual freedom and self-expression , listening to the problems of other people , and responding appropriately to their needs as expressed , is less common . |
| 12 | But then at Boots we pride ourselves on our usefulness to mums . |
| 13 | Like all Bradfordians , we pride ourselves on the warmth and sincerity of our welcome . |
| 14 | We pride ourselves on having secured excellent , often especially upgraded , inflight services for our customers and offer a large number of Saturday departures . |
| 15 | We pride ourselves on our in-depth knowledge and understanding of all Italy 's many important facets . |
| 16 | I can not condone violence outside of the Oliver Reed Cellar Bar at the Duck and Forceps , certainly not here at ‘ The Tip ’ where we pride ourselves on our family atmosphere . |
| 17 | We pride ourselves on having won the propaganda war . |
| 18 | Er we pride ourselves on our housekeeping , it 's a selling factor for us , and we have customers come round and look at the plant and they always commend us quite highly on our housekeeping . |
| 19 | Erm and we pride ourselves on the skill and the quality that we build into the engine and you ca n't do that with robots . |
| 20 | Integrated Programmes — we pride ourselves on developing programmes which integrate management development with the achievement of business objectives as well as achieving an integrated design within the programme itself . |
| 21 | Janssen promise their customers fast delivery , and since they have inventory on more than 12,000 different products , they pride themselves on keeping this promise . |
| 22 | ‘ They are a big , heavy side and they pride themselves on having rugged forwards , ’ said Moore . |
| 23 | They pride themselves on the ‘ family ’ atmosphere among the workforce . |
| 24 | They pride themselves on sticking to traditional brewing methods . |
| 25 | They pride themselves on providing a top grade service and have done everything form cleaning ocean-going liners to baby-sitting chinchillas . |