Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] on [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Electronic data interchange , or EDI , is another of those information technology concepts that , after politely lurking in the background for a few decades , is suddenly forcing itself on our attention with unmannerly persistence . |
| 2 | They 're letting down womanhood by selling themselves on their sex . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , best of luck , Hoo-arn , ’ she cried , priding herself on her pronunciation , as Juan cantered on to the field , followed by a cloud of dust and the eyes of every woman round the pitch . |
| 4 | priding themselves on their hard-headedness , they were eventually prepared to take on a poor commercial risk , or found a college as a pure give-away gesture , in order to win a richer prize — prestige . |
| 5 | Now , two years on , we are still congratulating ourselves on our choice . |
| 6 | ‘ Pisco sour , ’ he murmured , settling himself on his seat and closing his eyes . |
| 7 | SHAREHOLDERS in Pacific Horizon Investment must be congratulating themselves on their decision last August to switch the trust 's investment management from Jupiter Tyndall to Edinburgh 's Baillie Gifford , after news yesterday of a 38.8 per cent leap in net asset value per share at halfway , writes George Duthie . |
| 8 | I was congratulating myself on my fitness when I passed a middle-aged German couple climbing up — with a good deal more spring in their steps than me . |
| 9 | He felt the moistness , felt the narrow aperture , then slowly , her eyes never leaving his , she lowered herself down as if she were impaling herself on his flesh . |
| 10 | Because shareholders can not tell how hard managers are exerting themselves on their behalf , managers have an incentive to shirk . |