Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were only the crickets shrilling away to themselves in the bushes . |
| 2 | At first , as he worked , he had reminisced pleasantly to himself about the smells and the texture of paper and ink , and about the pleasure of opening a new roll of papyrus , laid out as far as there was need on soft leather spread over a wooden writing desk ; then mixing the ink powder with water , and the nervous moment of dipping the brush to make the first signs — to load the brush just so , in order that the ink would be absorbed by the paper before it could run down it . |
| 3 | He shook his head and laughed softly to himself at the memory . |
| 4 | He is on his own and definitely talking aloud to himself in the privacy of his room . |
| 5 | Why is it always like this , he cried silently to himself in the darkness . |
| 6 | When you 're criticised by others , there can be great solace in thinking quietly to yourself about the flip side of the description . |