Example sentences of "to [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently acting in protest at the economic blockade , a 52-year-old Lithuanian factory worker , Stanislovas Zhamaitis , committed suicide by setting fire to himself outside the Bolshoi Theatre in the centre of Moscow on April 26 . |
| 2 | As he began to speak , he seemed to grow less and less aware of his audience and continually turned his head , as though listening to some sound , audible only to himself from the entrance tunnel behind him . |
| 3 | I 'm smiling to myself at the kitchen table now . |
| 4 | They avoid making enemies , and so cut down on threats to themselves in the office jungle . |
| 5 | When you 're criticised by others , there can be great solace in thinking quietly to yourself about the flip side of the description . |