Example sentences of "to [pn reflx] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is on his own and definitely talking aloud to himself in the privacy of his room . |
| 2 | He refers to himself in the third person quite frequently , almost as if his stage persona is a separate being . |
| 3 | Wexford chuckled to himself in the car . |
| 4 | Do n't bother would be more honest , for he prefers to have the kitchen to himself in the early morning , to prepare his own simple breakfast and enjoy the first cigarette of the day undisturbed . |
| 5 | Why is it always like this , he cried silently to himself in the darkness . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | He had seen the look of greed on Bull O'Malley 's face and he smiled to himself in the dark . |
| 8 | He smiles to himself in the mirror . |
| 9 | He can , though , take a quick throw-in to himself in the '22 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Each character sees something most abhorrent to himself in the tapestries — his loved ones being defiled and slaughtered , Clerics of his religion being massacred , his people being slain by racial enemies , or similar . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | And the thing growled and howled to itself in the centre of its blind struggle . |
| 14 | There was no sound except for a pigeon burbling to itself in the road , pecking at horse-dung . |
| 15 | A threadbare rug covered the stone of the floor , and a human skull grinned to itself in the corner . |
| 16 | If you are a newcomer to the product , Symphony now provides a very good introduction to itself in the form of its online tutorial . |
| 17 | Annie recalls , in fictional form , the event which led to the rift in their friendship , apparently referring to herself in the third person . |
| 18 | she were talking to herself in the end ! |
| 19 | When 1911 came I often marvel to myself in the name of Heaven how it was done " . |
| 20 | I 'm smiling to myself in the darkness , Timmy — I wish you could see me . |
| 21 | Country people may well have to look to themselves in the future , and to the skills of men like Dave Dunn . |
| 22 | Children do not listen to themselves in the way that adults ( sometimes ) do . |
| 23 | There were only the crickets shrilling away to themselves in the bushes . |
| 24 | They avoid making enemies , and so cut down on threats to themselves in the office jungle . |
| 25 | American oil companies ( fearful of the knock-on effects to themselves in the Middle East if Iranian radicals were seen to succeed ) proved more enthusiastic allies than the State Department . |
| 26 | It takes imagination and a lot of practice to read a play to yourself in the same time as it would take to see it on the stage . |
| 27 | When someone gives you some information , try to repeat it to yourself in the same way it was given to you . |
| 28 | It was Mike Nichols 's point of view that you should always be close to yourself in the most personal way to convey not only truth but humour . |
| 29 | No matter how many people you see , I think it 's all down to yourself in the end . |
| 30 | There is also , in the fabric of the study method , the personal communication from you to yourself in the form of notes . |