Example sentences of "[vb past] to [pn reflx] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Newman referred to himself at the time as a ‘ benevolent despot ’ . |
| 2 | Prince and Starky also referred to themselves as the ‘ Two Anointed Ones ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After all we were all leading aircraftsmen on the course and the officer element were acting pilot officers on probation who generally referred to themselves as the lowest form of animal life within the RAF . |
| 5 | And the thing growled and howled to itself in the centre of its blind struggle . |
| 6 | They added to themselves over the years . |
| 7 | He shook his head and clucked to himself like the White Rabbit in Alice . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , you ca n't say he did n't warn you , ’ she muttered to herself during the course of Monday . |
| 9 | She sighed to herself at the boring predictability of it . |
| 10 | A threadbare rug covered the stone of the floor , and a human skull grinned to itself in the corner . |
| 11 | And she grinned to herself at the luxury of having someone in her life who would pay attention , who she could talk to . |
| 12 | We kept to ourselves for the rest of the day , taking food from the buttery and retiring early for we were both still exhausted after our journey from England . |
| 13 | Wycliffe chuckled to himself at the picture he had conjured up . |
| 14 | Wexford chuckled to himself in the car . |
| 15 | I smiled to myself at the absurdity of it . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | McLeish smiled to himself at the swift fall from grace in the postscript . |
| 18 | He smiled to himself at the head of the stairs . |
| 19 | Graham smiled to himself at the thought of that . |
| 20 | He had seen the look of greed on Bull O'Malley 's face and he smiled to himself in the dark . |
| 21 | I well remember I said to myself at the time , " there is a lad who will go a long way . " |