Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] to [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I admitted to myself that I was an alcoholic and I had a problem with prescription pills , and in order to survive — in order to live — had to change that . |
| 2 | And , I admitted to myself , she would have been absolutely right . |
| 3 | With pride I announced to himself that The Royal Bank of Scotland had triumphed . |
| 4 | As I watched her before she became aware of me , I whispered to myself , Everything begins here . |
| 5 | ‘ One of them 's 's corridor , ’ I whispered to myself , and looked carefully at them both . |
| 6 | I hummed to myself , something I always used to do when I wanted to smile or laugh , but thought the better of it . |
| 7 | I promised to myself that I would never write an article about having a baby , never ever write that a baby was a celebration and examination of the mystery of our own being , and of course avoid the trap of believing that we were the first and only couple to have a baby . |
| 8 | ‘ He 's learned something , ’ I mused to myself . |
| 9 | ‘ What a daft world this is , ’ I mused to myself . |
| 10 | ‘ That was how I was once , ’ I mused to myself . |
| 11 | ‘ I bet none of them are showing anything as daft as this , ’ I mused to myself . |
| 12 | ‘ One more night , ’ I murmured to myself . |
| 13 | ‘ This is a zoo , ’ I muttered to myself , failing to realize that I was now also supposedly less than human . |
| 14 | ‘ Me and all the other old ducks , ’ I muttered to myself . |
| 15 | ‘ I hope you have n't bitten off more than you can chew , Jenny , ’ I muttered to myself . |
| 16 | ‘ Not applying for a job with Hallmark cards , then , ’ I muttered to myself , sipping at my coffee . |
| 17 | How it ends , ’ ' I muttered to myself . |
| 18 | Then , of course , I came to myself and tore the hat off . |
| 19 | Besides , I added to myself , her parents probably think she 's safely on a train . |
| 20 | ‘ Just one writer , observer , philosopher , ’ I added to myself , ‘ one entertainer , pen-pal to thousands of known and unknown friends , philanthropist , seasoned traveller , one aficionado of music , birds , flowers , children , good God and Life . |
| 21 | I nodded to myself in heartfelt agreement ( in those days children did not comment unless asked , and their presence was usually forgotten ) . |
| 22 | I nodded to myself , knowing the creature . |
| 23 | If I had married and had a son , I reasoned to myself , that boy would be about Tom 's age . |
| 24 | I sighed to myself and looked up . |
| 25 | ‘ I vowed to myself not to do this yet , but there 's something about you that melts my sternest resolutions . ’ |
| 26 | Not like Plant or Abigail , I remarked to myself . |
| 27 | Here is a rather stern injunction I addressed to myself in my notebook on this subject . |
| 28 | I grinned to myself . |
| 29 | I grinned to myself as I flipped through the rest of the paper . |
| 30 | The one flaw , I giggled to myself , was his milky and healthy white teeth , which , to me , betrayed everything else . |