Example sentences of "to [pn reflx] [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former health secretary brushed aside talk of a demotion by referring to himself as the new Minister for Majorism . |
| 2 | I have seen him striding through Soho eating a sandwich and talking to himself at the same time , oblivious to the cars and traffic and noise around him , deep in thought . |
| 3 | McLeish smiled to himself at the swift fall from grace in the postscript . |
| 4 | She could hear him repeating phrases to himself through the thin wall between her room and his . |
| 5 | He shook his head and clucked to himself like the White Rabbit in Alice . |
| 6 | Do n't bother would be more honest , for he prefers to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning , to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed . |
| 7 | He refers to himself in the third person quite frequently , almost as if his stage persona is a separate being . |
| 8 | For the first time since 1952 Bentley has an all-new shape to itself with the massive Continental R coupe . |
| 9 | Barro is making the perfectly valid point that when the government incurs debt by issuing bonds it is acting as a mere go between on behalf of the private sector : the private sector is becoming more indebted to itself through the financial intermediation of the government . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | She sighed to herself at the boring predictability of it . |
| 12 | Annie recalls , in fictional form , the event which led to the rift in their friendship , apparently referring to herself in the third person . |
| 13 | ‘ But I 'm talking too much — it 's having you all to myself for the first time . ’ |
| 14 | I was called to myself by the echoing hoot of the ferry 's siren , to find that the shop had emptied of its crowd , and the postmistress , taking off her spectacles , was hurrying round to the store counter to look after the stranger . |
| 15 | After all we were all leading aircraftsmen on the course and the officer element were acting pilot officers on probation who generally referred to themselves as the lowest form of animal life within the RAF . |
| 16 | To my mind that clinched the connection with Pegasus Farm , the Winged Pegasus being the emblem of the Parachute Regiment which used to be called the Red Berets ( when Richard Todd was making films ) but nowadays ( since American Football and Rambo ) referred to themselves as the Maroon Machine . |
| 17 | When Elizabeth 's mother and sister had gone to Leeds , Elizabeth and George had the house to themselves for the first time since the early days of their marriage . |
| 18 | American oil companies ( fearful of the knock-on effects to themselves in the Middle East if Iranian radicals were seen to succeed ) proved more enthusiastic allies than the State Department . |
| 19 | The British raiders had the race to themselves from the final turn as Jodami overhauled his chief rival in an exciting duel that was only decided on the line . |
| 20 | Left to themselves by the German bourgeoisie — because in German usage ‘ sister ’ was the accepted genteelism for ‘ mistress ’ — the Wordsworths declined into misery and homesickness . |
| 21 | It 's no good whispering them to yourself on the top deck of an otherwise empty bus , you 've got to shout them in school halls , fields , front rooms of houses , from your bedroom window … anywhere , really . |
| 22 | My mother was the sort of person who regards talking to yourself as the first sign of madness . |
| 23 | When someone gives you some information , try to repeat it to yourself in the same way it was given to you . |
| 24 | It takes imagination and a lot of practice to read a play to yourself in the same time as it would take to see it on the stage . |