Example sentences of "she [verb] to [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She refers to herself as a ‘ household technician ’ , ’ Laura snorted grimly . |
| 2 | If they are still there , she added to herself as a dark afterthought . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , you ca n't say he did n't warn you , ’ she muttered to herself during the course of Monday . |
| 4 | Damn Julius ! she muttered to herself in a great surge of resentment . |
| 5 | She sighed to herself at the boring predictability of it . |
| 6 | And she grinned to herself at the luxury of having someone in her life who would pay attention , who she could talk to . |
| 7 | What she 'd been doing was missing breakfasts and lunches and dinners in an effort to accommodate Silvia 's erratic time-keeping — and still failing to do the stipulated six hours a day , she thought to herself with a dart of misery . |
| 8 | I wonder , she said to herself with a sudden lurch of her heart , I wonder if I 'm embarking on something I shall not be able to stop ? |
| 9 | She sounded to herself like a working-class heroine of a '50s black-and-white film , one of those who suddenly , to the bafflement of steady spouses sometimes played by people like Max Bygraves , and to the consternation of concerned mothers , frantically and uncontrollably asserts her rights . |