Example sentences of "to herself the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sophie nodded , keeping to herself the thought that George was expounding a powerful argument against the keeping of animals in zoos . |
| 2 | She would keep to herself the colour of her days — white Mondays , bordered in yellow , mahogany-brown Sundays . |
| 3 | Lovingly , as if repeating one of the poems she had learnt as a girl , and never forgotten , she crooned to herself the doctor 's words , ‘ Nothing to worry about , Mrs Mallory . |
| 4 | She had meant to be comforting , but even to herself the words sounded depressed . |
| 5 | The intricate and ever-growing industrial co-operation of the civilised nations through trade does not permit any nation to keep to herself the gain of any market she may hold . |
| 6 | Had already admitted to herself the extent of her own love for him . |