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

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1 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 .
2 When 1911 came I often marvel to myself in the name of Heaven how it was done " .
3 I smiled to myself at the absurdity of it .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 I well remember I said to myself at the time , " there is a lad who will go a long way . "
7 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 .
8 I 'm smiling to myself at the kitchen table now .
9 I 'm smiling to myself in the darkness , Timmy — I wish you could see me .
10 I recognised those questions as pertaining to myself at the time I became anorexic .
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