Example sentences of "[v-ing] to [pn reflx] at [art] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | I 'm smiling to myself at the kitchen table now . |
| 4 | Smiling to herself at the thought , and confident that it was now too late to be interrupted further , Alexandra went upstairs . |
| 5 | I recognised those questions as pertaining to myself at the time I became anorexic . |