Example sentences of "[verb] to himself at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Newman referred to himself at the time as a ‘ benevolent despot ’ . |
| 3 | Wycliffe chuckled to himself at the picture he had conjured up . |
| 4 | I have seen him striding through Soho eating a sandwich and talking to himself at the same time , oblivious to the cars and traffic and noise around him , deep in thought . |
| 5 | McLeish smiled to himself at the swift fall from grace in the postscript . |
| 6 | He smiled to himself at the head of the stairs . |
| 7 | Graham smiled to himself at the thought of that . |