Example sentences of "to himself at the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | He shook his head and laughed softly to himself at the memory . |
2 | Graham smiled to himself at the thought of that . |
3 | The temple bells were clanging to their climax as Ramlal hurried past the door , clutching his precious document , and laughing to himself at the thought that the God had got nothing from him at all . |
4 | He smiled to himself at the head of the stairs . |
5 | Wycliffe chuckled to himself at the picture he had conjured up . |
6 | The armourers all slept in a long room on the first floor , with J. in a small room to himself at the end , and it so happened that Matthew occupied the corresponding small room immediately underneath on the ground floor . |
7 | Newman referred to himself at the time as a ‘ benevolent despot ’ . |