Example sentences of "[verb] to myself [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 But I 've never been one of those guys who set out to be a technical guitarist and I still do n't refer to myself as a technical player .
2 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 .
3 ‘ You know , Dorothy , you and I have one thing in common , ’ I remember saying to myself in a Dutch accent , ‘ we both only got as far as Harwich . ’
4 With setts that I watch regularly , I usually talk to myself in a low , quiet voice as I arrive and just before I leave .
5 When 1911 came I often marvel to myself in the name of Heaven how it was done " .
6 Later that evening , going on my farewell walk round Cuzco , I fought to be positive , talking to myself like a character in a novel I was reading at the time , David Copperfield 's aunt .
7 I smiled to myself at the absurdity of it .
8 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 .
9 When teachers , matrons , the housemistress and finally the headmistress all started to show some concern and more disapproval at my unco-operative ( anorexic ) behaviour , I refused to answer their questions , or even to talk to them at all , and during the course of their homilies I merely stared out of the window or smiled to myself in a superior , scornful sort of way .
10 The clipped , breezy tone was one that Belinda knew by this time , and it meant , I want to be left to myself for the time being , thank you .
11 I said to myself with a secret smile . )
12 I well remember I said to myself at the time , " there is a lad who will go a long way . "
13 Anyway , I got up , and went about my chores , feeding the cats and brewing tea for the rest of the still-slumbering inhabitants of my humble home in order to get them up and out to school and work , and I was thinking to myself as the kettle boiled that here was the start of yet another ordinary damned day , when the post clanked and slithered through the letter box .
14 I 'm smiling to myself at the kitchen table now .
15 I 'm smiling to myself in the darkness , Timmy — I wish you could see me .
16 I recognised those questions as pertaining to myself at the time I became anorexic .
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