Example sentences of "smiled to [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I smiled to myself at the absurdity of it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | When teachers , matrons , the housemistress and finally the headmistress all started to show some concern and more disapproval at my unco-operative ( anorexic ) behaviour , I refused to answer their questions , or even to talk to them at all , and during the course of their homilies I merely stared out of the window or smiled to myself in a superior , scornful sort of way . |
| 4 | McLeish smiled to himself at the swift fall from grace in the postscript . |
| 5 | He smiled to himself at the head of the stairs . |
| 6 | Corbett watched them go and smiled to himself at what he had learnt . |
| 7 | Graham smiled to himself at the thought of that . |
| 8 | He had seen the look of greed on Bull O'Malley 's face and he smiled to himself in the dark . |
| 9 | Meredith smiled to herself at his mounting vehemence . |
| 10 | She sighed to herself and smiled to herself at Auntie 's mistake ; and then she set to work with Auntie 's sewing-machine . |
| 11 | Downstairs Mrs Diggory , holding fast to the protesting Hector 's collar , smiled to herself with grim satisfaction , and went off to the kitchen . |
| 12 | Shiona smiled to herself with an uneasy kind of pleasure . |
| 13 | As she made coffee she stared dreamily ahead , smiled to herself for no apparent reason , and was so far away that at last Sophie remarked , ‘ You 're very happy — very preoccupied . |