Example sentences of "to himself at [art] [noun sg] " 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 ’ .
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