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 | McLeish smiled to himself at the swift fall from grace in the postscript . |
| 3 | She could hear him repeating phrases to himself through the thin wall between her room and his . |
| 4 | He shook his head and clucked to himself like the White Rabbit in Alice . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | For the first time since 1952 Bentley has an all-new shape to itself with the massive Continental R coupe . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | She sighed to herself at the boring predictability of it . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |