Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] [pn reflx] on [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | They co-ordinated diaries and Jay congratulated herself on refusing to smile . |
| 5 | Even during World War I , Sinclair prided himself on offering his guests delicacies such as Californian peach-fed ham . |