Example sentences of "to myself the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I put to myself the question : ‘ How then , does it come right ? ’ |
| 2 | I remember again sitting in the airline office in Lima , chanting to myself the lines of Elizabeth Bishop , ‘ The art of losing is n't hard to master ’ , and tapping my shoulder-bag , thinking , this is the important one . |
| 3 | He told himself : I 'll have to be more careful ; have to keep to myself the things Miriam divulges about her husband 's past . |
| 4 | I thought that perhaps I would sooner have swum in the pool with the crocodiles than draw to myself the hostile attention of that girl . |
| 5 | Yeah , one look at him and even I had to say to myself the ladies , the poor ladies . |
| 6 | I often please myself with anticipations of our return , picture to myself the joy and greetings when we meet , and I try to fancy the appearance of the dear children — they will be grown out of all knowledge . ’ |