Example sentences of "[verb] to [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You do enough mumbling to yourself at the back of the shop when the child 's around , but when it comes to something constructive … ’ |
| 2 | When Blanche and Dexter arrived he was mumbling to himself on the side of the bed , hands clasped in the lap of his dressing gown . |
| 3 | The temple bells were clanging to their climax as Ramlal hurried past the door , clutching his precious document , and laughing to himself at the thought that the God had got nothing from him at all . |
| 4 | Gilkes is content enough with the Sparc market that his firm has to itself at the present , though he admits that the company is looking at other , unspecified RISC architectures , and it really is only just little more than co-incidence that Tadpole 's US office is just down the street from where IBM/Motorola Inc 's PowerPC RISC efforts are concentrated . |
| 5 | Newman referred to himself at the time as a ‘ benevolent despot ’ . |
| 6 | And the thing growled and howled to itself in the centre of its blind struggle . |
| 7 | MUR ON TIG WON The disagreeable experience of listening to oneself in the middle of a long speech and neither understanding what one is saying nor enjoying the manner in which it is being said ; a foreign accent ; a lion breaking wind after the evening repast |
| 8 | We pray for men and women in lands where there is hatred of one group for another , that their hearts may be turned to yourself in the search for righteousness and truth . |
| 9 | They added to themselves over the years . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , you ca n't say he did n't warn you , ’ she muttered to herself during the course of Monday . |
| 11 | Country people may well have to look to themselves in the future , and to the skills of men like Dave Dunn . |
| 12 | ‘ To heaven , of course , ’ said Dotty tartly , seizing an enormous wooden spoon and advancing upon an iron saucepan which had been rumbling and grumbling to itself throughout the conversation . |
| 13 | The contemplation on the Godhead is an explanation of the Trinity as God , the original creative power , who enjoys the goodness of company in the Son whose wisdom is bound to himself by the love which is the Holy Ghost . |
| 14 | There was no sound except for a pigeon burbling to itself in the road , pecking at horse-dung . |
| 15 | He smiles to himself in the mirror . |
| 16 | A threadbare rug covered the stone of the floor , and a human skull grinned to itself in the corner . |
| 17 | And she grinned to herself at the luxury of having someone in her life who would pay attention , who she could talk to . |
| 18 | Her shriek awakened the house , and Coleridge , who had been asleep when his father returned , knew at once what it signified , saying to himself in the darkness , ‘ Papa is dead . ’ |
| 19 | WE are going to stop apologising to ourselves for the fact that it takes money to run this organisation . |
| 20 | When 1911 came I often marvel to myself in the name of Heaven how it was done " . |
| 21 | We kept to ourselves for the rest of the day , taking food from the buttery and retiring early for we were both still exhausted after our journey from England . |
| 22 | Experts say an analysis of the figures shows women are more likely than men to lie to themselves about the amount they drink . |
| 23 | Wycliffe chuckled to himself at the picture he had conjured up . |
| 24 | Wexford chuckled to himself in the car . |
| 25 | she were talking to herself in the end ! |
| 26 | Closing my eyes in the gloom I could still feel Helen in my arms and I smiled to myself at the memory of her bounding healthiness . |
| 27 | I smiled to myself at the absurdity of it . |
| 28 | He smiled to himself at the head of the stairs . |
| 29 | Graham smiled to himself at the thought of that . |
| 30 | He had seen the look of greed on Bull O'Malley 's face and he smiled to himself in the dark . |