Example sentences of "to herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , Folly — you fool , ’ she muttered to herself under cover of the still-deafening noise of the rotors . |
| 2 | Then she began to think to herself about which would be best , nasturtiums or sweet peas . |
| 3 | She picked up the milk bottle , muttering to herself about how bad her back was and about her deep inner conviction that the steps would need scrubbing again . |
| 4 | As she muttered to herself about interfering Australians who could n't mind their own business she did n't hear Leo come back , or see him loom over the fence . |
| 5 | She was muttering to herself about it crossly , and nearly cannoned into Travis , who had stopped in his tracks at the sounds issuing from behind him . |
| 6 | ( This , incidentally , was the first time that Boy had heard Madame refer to herself as Mother . ) |
| 7 | If they are still there , she added to herself as a dark afterthought . |
| 8 | It was the first time she had ever referred to herself as Jake 's sister . |
| 9 | She had never even referred to herself as his stepsister before ! |
| 10 | She refers to herself as a ‘ household technician ’ , ’ Laura snorted grimly . |
| 11 | She had justified her behaviour to herself on the basis that the police would have been much slower and more painstaking . |
| 12 | ‘ You were always such a capable child , ’ Mrs Everett replied cheerfully , having absolutely no idea , Leith knew , of the times she 'd kept childhood and then adolescent worries to herself on account of Sebastian 's suffering either catastrophe or crisis at the same time . |
| 13 | Always insists on a room to herself with a lock on the door . ’ |
| 14 | She ate placidly , acknowledging to herself with her customary good sense that at the moment , as at any time since her brother William had died , she and Penelope were getting no pleasure at all from each other 's company . |
| 15 | True , he was no oil painting , but she had long passed the age of needing good looks about her , and anyway , she admitted to herself with disarming frankness , her own beauty had long since gone . |
| 16 | I wonder , she said to herself with a sudden lurch of her heart , I wonder if I 'm embarking on something I shall not be able to stop ? |
| 17 | They were standing against the light , and their profiles overlapped at close quarters , and haloed them ; they made a vivid show of cock-of-the-roost virility , and she chuckled to herself with pleasure . |
| 18 | She found that she was able to think of Johnny dispassionately , and she acknowledged to herself with honesty , and a new clarity of understanding , that she did not love him , nor ever could . |
| 19 | Suitably bowdlerized , said Viola to herself with a grim smile : if she knew Walter , there was a good deal of slap and tickle involved which did n't get into the account . |
| 20 | Nothing like making up for lost time , she thought to herself with relish . |
| 21 | Hector whined his impatience , bringing Theda back to herself with a start . |
| 22 | Downstairs Mrs Diggory , holding fast to the protesting Hector 's collar , smiled to herself with grim satisfaction , and went off to the kitchen . |
| 23 | Shiona smiled to herself with an uneasy kind of pleasure . |
| 24 | He seemed to love her as fiercely as he had once loved Ryan , Shiona thought to herself with a little inner shiver . |
| 25 | What she 'd been doing was missing breakfasts and lunches and dinners in an effort to accommodate Silvia 's erratic time-keeping — and still failing to do the stipulated six hours a day , she thought to herself with a dart of misery . |
| 26 | Milan , Caroline said to herself with that sudden , strange insight fate often provides . |
| 27 | And she grinned to herself at the luxury of having someone in her life who would pay attention , who she could talk to . |
| 28 | She sighed to herself at the boring predictability of it . |
| 29 | Meredith smiled to herself at his mounting vehemence . |
| 30 | Normally she had the pool to herself at this hour . |