Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pn reflx] away [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got hold of the polished tip of one of his shoes , and tried to pull himself away from the wall . |
| 2 | Much of his childhood , after the death of his father , and early manhood was spent wresting himself away from the embrace of his mother . |
| 3 | Well I 'll have to move myself away from the school gate they can just they think I 'll be actually waiting |
| 4 | Rule-following as a practice must therefore be able to carry on without anything to support it , and we must attempt to wean ourselves away from the feeling of vertigo which is engendered by our recognition of the lack of support . |
| 5 | Mandy managed to pull herself away from the glasses long enough to roll green eyes at her cousin and wrinkle her freckled nose . |
| 6 | After delivering 10-year-old William and eight-year-old Harry to Charles on Wednesday night , the princess chose to hide herself away from the world at her family home of Althorp , ready for her worst Christmas ever . |
| 7 | And United continued to haul themselves away from the basement with a two one win . |
| 8 | ‘ No , Father , ’ Ellie replied , trying to manoeuvre herself away from the smell of stale whisky and nicotine . |
| 9 | Even as a schoolboy he had taken himself away from the crowd for long lonely walks , and sat in the silence of the small chapel in the grounds at Gordonstoun . |
| 10 | They were … sort of … writhing around … struggling … trying to push themselves away from the wall . |
| 11 | Connelly used every ounce of strength he had to push himself away from the cooker , but Farrell was a powerful man and forced the agent 's face ever closer to the ring . |
| 12 | More splashes followed , and when he peered cautiously around the side of the buttress he saw that the men now occupying the punt were using their hands as paddles to propel themselves away from the promontory wall . |