Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [pn reflx] from the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | As a divorcee , Docherty can no longer take communion and has distanced himself from the catholic faith , an institution he believes deserted him in his hour of need . |
2 | ( By stepping back as he blocks , he doubly protects himself : even if the block fails , he has distanced himself from the oncoming punch . ) |
3 | Charles Spencer comes on stage as the nice guy who has dissociated himself from the forced sale of tenants ' cottages , grieved over the disposal of historic treasures and heralded a new degage era of neighbourliness . |
4 | Moore contends that if , having freed ourselves from the naturalistic fallacy , we ask what are the chief good things known to us , we will conclude that they are personal affection and the enjoyment of beautiful objects . |
5 | In April 1891 he attended a conference of Unitarian churches in London and heard Ben Tillett [ q.v. ] deliver a harsh attack on how the existing churches had alienated themselves from the working man . |