Example sentences of "to himself [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nigel did n't appear to notice her lack of ardour , but went blithely on about having the house to himself for the weekend , so there was going to be a party , and he 'd come and fetch her — |
| 2 | Huy decided to keep what he had learnt about Iritnefert to himself for the moment . |
| 3 | When Blanche and Dexter arrived he was mumbling to himself on the side of the bed , hands clasped in the lap of his dressing gown . |
| 4 | The last thing she wanted was to be a pawn between the two of them , and was n't that just what Rune had made her by drawing deliberate attention to himself on the stage before making an exhibition of both of them ? |
| 5 | He shook his head and laughed softly to himself at the memory . |
| 6 | Graham smiled to himself at the thought of that . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He smiled to himself at the head of the stairs . |
| 9 | Wycliffe chuckled to himself at the picture he had conjured up . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Newman referred to himself at the time as a ‘ benevolent despot ’ . |
| 12 | In discussion of the proposal to Islamicize Libyan law , both old and young took their turn at the microphone , the older men serious , sometimes passionate , arguing both sides : they set their approval of particular measures — the prohibition of alcohol , for example — against their fear of further state interference in religious affairs , derived from unstated resentment of Qaddafi 's arrogation to himself of the power to determine what Islam might be . |
| 13 | But the T'ang had kept his thoughts to himself about the killing . |
| 14 | As he began to speak , he seemed to grow less and less aware of his audience and continually turned his head , as though listening to some sound , audible only to himself from the entrance tunnel behind him . |
| 15 | The contemplation on the Godhead is an explanation of the Trinity as God , the original creative power , who enjoys the goodness of company in the Son whose wisdom is bound to himself by the love which is the Holy Ghost . |
| 16 | This action was very strange because Andries not only attracted a lot of attention to himself by the manner of his purchase but also the dinghy had a serial number on it which made it instantly traceable . |
| 17 | He smiles to himself in the mirror . |
| 18 | Why is it always like this , he cried silently to himself in the darkness . |
| 19 | Her shriek awakened the house , and Coleridge , who had been asleep when his father returned , knew at once what it signified , saying to himself in the darkness , ‘ Papa is dead . ’ |
| 20 | He is on his own and definitely talking aloud to himself in the privacy of his room . |
| 21 | Oliver , being left to himself in the undertaker 's shop , set the lamp down on a workman 's bench , and gazed timidly about him with a feeling of awe and dread , which many people a good deal older than he will be at no loss to understand . |
| 22 | He had seen the look of greed on Bull O'Malley 's face and he smiled to himself in the dark . |
| 23 | Wexford chuckled to himself in the car . |