Example sentences of "he mutter [prep] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I heard him mutter to himself : ‘ Avare comme tous les juifs ’ . |
| 2 | On one occasion my mother , Lady Ermengilde , found him muttering to himself , something about the same number Vechey mentioned — thirty-one . |
| 3 | ‘ Our total path is 1,900 miles , ’ he muttered to himself . |
| 4 | ‘ Still , ’ he muttered to himself . |
| 5 | He was disappointed , ‘ just a babee ’ he muttered to himself ; still , it would keep him in cigarettes and cider for a week . |
| 6 | ‘ Best not get fond of the boy , Thomas , ’ he muttered to himself . |
| 7 | ‘ I must remember to get some Number Eights , ’ he muttered to himself . |
| 8 | ‘ If that 's the kind of bloody fool that runs this country , ’ he muttered to himself , ‘ Gawd help us . ’ |
| 9 | Christ , he muttered to himself . |
| 10 | A loud knocking on the wicket-gate made Jack start and he muttered to himself as he left the office and walked across the cobbled yard . |
| 11 | ‘ I wo n't be a king , ’ he muttered to himself ; ‘ they ca n't force me to ; I 'm free to make my own life . |
| 12 | " You 're a wealthy man , Harry Pascoe , " he muttered to himself . |
| 13 | " Trust him to land a good catch on his first day out , " he muttered to himself , and watched as the boat struck her sails and picked up her mooring , which was marked by a pig 's bladder float with a feather on it , a stone 's throw offshore in the stretch of water known as Polruan 's Pool . |
| 14 | ‘ Trees , ’ he muttered to himself . |
| 15 | ‘ Eeny , meeny , ’ he muttered to himself . |
| 16 | ‘ He is coming , ’ he muttered to himself , almost tentatively . |
| 17 | A visitor ! ’ he muttered to himself . |
| 18 | " And now I suppose it 'll be my fault the heating has n't got better immediately , " he muttered to himself as he walked along the narrow passageway . |
| 19 | Comprehensivization , he muttered to himself , seemed to have had much the same effect on the middle-middle class in England as racial integration in schools had had on similar people in the States . |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , yes , ’ he muttered to himself . |
| 21 | ‘ Where better to off-load the goods ? ’ he muttered to himself . |