Example sentences of "to herself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had justified her behaviour to herself on the basis that the police would have been much slower and more painstaking . |
| 2 | And she grinned to herself at the luxury of having someone in her life who would pay attention , who she could talk to . |
| 3 | She sighed to herself at the boring predictability of it . |
| 4 | Smiling to herself at the thought , and confident that it was now too late to be interrupted further , Alexandra went upstairs . |
| 5 | ‘ I was just telling you that I reckon it was a good idea — to wait a day before going back to New York , ’ Carole repeated , smiling to herself at the other girl 's slightly abstracted expression . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , you ca n't say he did n't warn you , ’ she muttered to herself during the course of Monday . |
| 7 | Annie recalls , in fictional form , the event which led to the rift in their friendship , apparently referring to herself in the third person . |
| 8 | she were talking to herself in the end ! |