Example sentences of "to [pn reflx] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Stealin' Horses ’ pops out of nowhere and hangs in the air , a skeletal ballad from Griffin with the accompaniment of a ghostly piano which can be heard weeping softy to itself in the basement . |
| 32 | If you are a newcomer to the product , Symphony now provides a very good introduction to itself in the form of its online tutorial . |
| 33 | A threadbare rug covered the stone of the floor , and a human skull grinned to itself in the corner . |
| 34 | ‘ To heaven , of course , ’ said Dotty tartly , seizing an enormous wooden spoon and advancing upon an iron saucepan which had been rumbling and grumbling to itself throughout the conversation . |
| 35 | She had justified her behaviour to herself on the basis that the police would have been much slower and more painstaking . |
| 36 | Smiling to herself at the thought , and confident that it was now too late to be interrupted further , Alexandra went upstairs . |
| 37 | And she grinned to herself at the luxury of having someone in her life who would pay attention , who she could talk to . |
| 38 | ‘ Well , you ca n't say he did n't warn you , ’ she muttered to herself during the course of Monday . |
| 39 | she were talking to herself in the end ! |
| 40 | 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 . |
| 41 | I smiled to myself at the absurdity of it . |
| 42 | 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 . |
| 43 | I 'm smiling to myself at the kitchen table now . |
| 44 | Also my teaching is squeezed into 4 days , which means that I have time to myself at the weekend , including Friday . |
| 45 | I recognised those questions as pertaining to myself at the time I became anorexic . |
| 46 | I well remember I said to myself at the time , " there is a lad who will go a long way . " |
| 47 | 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 . |
| 48 | When 1911 came I often marvel to myself in the name of Heaven how it was done " . |
| 49 | I 'm smiling to myself in the darkness , Timmy — I wish you could see me . |
| 50 | Yet if the subjects were required to repeat the alphabet to themselves during the task this introduced a bias in gap detection favouring the right visual field . |
| 51 | Experts say an analysis of the figures shows women are more likely than men to lie to themselves about the amount they drink . |
| 52 | An essential part of all eel tanks is sliding glass covers , so these were duly closed and the eels left to themselves for the night while I hoped that they were strong enough to survive the constant stress that they had endured over the past thirty-six hours . |
| 53 | This way she can guarantee her customers that they will have all the surrounding thousands of acres of bush totally to themselves for the duration of their stay . |
| 54 | Children do not listen to themselves in the way that adults ( sometimes ) do . |
| 55 | Country people may well have to look to themselves in the future , and to the skills of men like Dave Dunn . |
| 56 | They avoid making enemies , and so cut down on threats to themselves in the office jungle . |
| 57 | When you 're criticised by others , there can be great solace in thinking quietly to yourself about the flip side of the description . |
| 58 | You probably want to use the first few rows of the spreadsheet for a general title plus notes to yourself about the date of creation and date of most recent revision so enter the headings you want in row 9 of the spreadsheet using short labels but ones that you will find meaningful in the reports you will want to create later on . |
| 59 | ‘ You do enough mumbling to yourself at the back of the shop when the child 's around , but when it comes to something constructive … ’ |
| 60 | You 're going to be happiest closer to home now , Cancer and you 'll need time to yourself at the beginning of June . |