Example sentences of "[verb] to [pn reflx] that the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She recalled to herself that the circumstances of their visit had deprived them of an opportunity to examine the ancient willow tree sprung from a plank of Noah 's Ark . |
| 2 | We have just caught Raskolnikov saying to himself that the moth seeks the candle-flame , and Porfiry says similar things aloud ; while behind both of them Dostoevsky is telling Katkov that the murderer demands punishment and bends to an inexorable divine and human law when he gives himself up . |
| 3 | As they skirted the wrecked houses , Miss Logan could not help observing to herself that the earthquake had killed all the inhabitants while leaving intact those vines which — if Miss Fergusson should be believed — were the very source of their temptation and their punishment . |
| 4 | With pride I announced to himself that The Royal Bank of Scotland had triumphed . |
| 5 | But Rufus admitted to himself that the beauties of nature and architecture had never meant much to him . |
| 6 | Analysing the relationship may — and will - be a painful process but it is also one of healing , for if you can admit to yourself that the relationship was not perfect and was in many ways extremely frustrating , then the sense of loss and abandonment will no longer be as painful . |
| 7 | Pretend to yourself that the examiner will disagree with your point of view , and set yourself to win him over by argument . |
| 8 | ‘ But the learned educationist thrust these horrible suspicions aside and said to himself that the facts derived from books are making no impart because they are not properly learned . |
| 9 | I said to myself that the world is revolting and man is pitiful . |