Example sentences of "prided [pn reflx] on her " in BNC.
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| 1 | She , who prided herself on her intelligence ! |
| 2 | Jimmy 's wife prided herself on her barracuda curry , which would make a change from lobster . |
| 3 | This was the second disappointment for my mother , who prided herself on her own intelligence and wanted her children to succeed academically , because she felt it would be the only way we could be successful in life , there being no money at home . |
| 4 | She was especially furious that someone had succeeded in making her jump and yell like that because she prided herself on her toughness . |
| 5 | She prided herself on her ability to sift through the most innocent conversations and turn them into major scandals . |
| 6 | Aggie was a spotlessly clean woman who prided herself on her housekeeping . |
| 7 | Liz prided herself on her tolerance of Ivan 's appalling behaviour . |
| 8 | Barbs prided herself on her deep and politically informed compassion . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She prided herself on her strength — and yet this man , who had already proven he could stand up to her verbally , was holding her off as she if she were a feather . |
| 11 | Elise Fox was a woman who prided herself on her ability to deal with crisis , but at eleven o'clock that Saturday night she still lay limp on the sofa in the flat , looking utterly shattered when her young sister came in from the kitchen with yet another pot of strong black coffee . |