Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pn reflx] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newman referred to himself at the time as a ‘ benevolent despot ’ . |
| 2 | She sighed to herself at the boring predictability of it . |
| 3 | And she grinned to herself at the luxury of having someone in her life who would pay attention , who she could talk to . |
| 4 | Wycliffe chuckled to himself at the picture he had conjured up . |
| 5 | I smiled to myself at the absurdity of it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | McLeish smiled to himself at the swift fall from grace in the postscript . |
| 8 | He smiled to himself at the head of the stairs . |
| 9 | Corbett watched them go and smiled to himself at what he had learnt . |
| 10 | Graham smiled to himself at the thought of that . |
| 11 | Meredith smiled to herself at his mounting vehemence . |
| 12 | She sighed to herself and smiled to herself at Auntie 's mistake ; and then she set to work with Auntie 's sewing-machine . |
| 13 | I am hallucinating , I said to myself at first : the strain has affected my mind . |
| 14 | I well remember I said to myself at the time , " there is a lad who will go a long way . " |