Example sentences of "pleased with [pn reflx] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were rather pleased with themselves for saying this , because it was something the Gruagach would find quite flattering and , also , it had not referred to the Wolfkings , which would have been extremely discourteous , not to say disastrous . |
| 2 | I was pleased with myself for offering to do so . |
| 3 | THE National Art Collection Fund has every reason to be pleased with itself at having given £250,000 of the £10 million needed to acquire Lord Cholmondeley 's Holbein , Lady with a Pet Squirrel , for the National Gallery . |
| 4 | ‘ I see , ’ Anne said triumphantly , obviously pleased with herself for eliciting this bit of information . |
| 5 | She was pleased with herself for selling the Noah 's Ark but sorry to see it go , with the little Finn in jeans and tee-shirt inside it . |