Example sentences of "to himself the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I read the other day a well praised first novel in which the narrator — who is both sexually inexperienced and an amateur of French literature — comically rehearses to himself the best way to kiss a girl without being rebuffed : ‘ With a slow , sensual , irresistible strength , draw her gradually towards you while gazing into her eyes as if you had just been given a copy of the first , suppressed edition of Madame Bovary . ’ |
| 2 | The child is probably trying to write down a suitable looking word , and has n't said to himself the actual word he has written down . |
| 3 | It seems reasonable to assume that Oswiu certainly brought into subjection to himself the Pictish kingdom of Fortriu ( between the Forth and the Tay ) , for Bridei , the son of Bili , king of Strathclyde , and Ecgfrith 's cousin ( HB ch. 57 ) , who became king of the Picts on the expulsion of Drest and later fought against Ecgfrith , is described specifically in the Irish annals as ‘ king of Fortriu ’ at his death in 692 ( AU s.a . |
| 4 | Robert Kilroy-Silk claims that Bryan Gould ‘ has arrogated to himself the exclusive right to speak for southern England middle income groups . ’ |
| 5 | He became aware of the consequences to himself the next day . |