Example sentences of "[adv] to himself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is on his own and definitely talking aloud to himself in the privacy of his room . |
| 2 | As he began to speak , he seemed to grow less and less aware of his audience and continually turned his head , as though listening to some sound , audible only to himself from the entrance tunnel behind him . |
| 3 | At first , as he worked , he had reminisced pleasantly to himself about the smells and the texture of paper and ink , and about the pleasure of opening a new roll of papyrus , laid out as far as there was need on soft leather spread over a wooden writing desk ; then mixing the ink powder with water , and the nervous moment of dipping the brush to make the first signs — to load the brush just so , in order that the ink would be absorbed by the paper before it could run down it . |
| 4 | Why is it always like this , he cried silently to himself in the darkness . |
| 5 | He shook his head and laughed softly to himself at the memory . |