Example sentences of "[verb] himself from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan was seated in the opposite corner , one hand easy on the wheel as he helped himself from the plate . |
| 2 | He sat down and helped himself from the coffee-pot on the table , then refilled Lucy 's cup as well . |
| 3 | Having extricated himself from the Archbishop 's service Mozart , this time accompanied by his mother , set off in search of an appointment elsewhere . |
| 4 | The president was supposed to be dissociating himself from the Shah not encouraging him . |
| 5 | Raising up the wooden clouds to hide himself from the public gaze , he hurried trembling down the ladder and hid in the dark cart , under his quilt . |
| 6 | Only on Wednesday night , back in his Islwyn constituency , did Kinnock finally free himself from the trappings of self-importance imposed by his minders . |
| 7 | He must free himself from the control of any established church and its priests and instead subordinate them to the State . |
| 8 | He discharged himself from the hospital . |
| 9 | For one thing he had discharged himself from the army and was listed as a deserter ; for another , he had a wife and two children ‘ somewhere in Norfolk ’ . |
| 10 | Elsewhere Salim separates himself from the doers and makers of the big world beyond him , of whom it is said : ‘ They 're making cars that will run on water . ’ |
| 11 | MR JOHN MacGregor , the Education Secretary , has distanced himself from the Government 's loans scheme for students by appointing the two most junior ministers at the Department of Education and Science to sit on the parliamentary committee discussing the Education ( Student Loans ) Bill . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | She has defended the Mulroney government , whereas Mr Charest has discreetly distanced himself from the old regime . |
| 14 | That Pericles ' maternal relatives , the noble family of the Alkmaionidai , were enemies of Themistokles ( as they certainly were is no objection to this view : Pericles ' father had already distanced himself from the Alkmaionidai by the time of his ostracism in 484 ( Ath . |
| 15 | ( By stepping back as he blocks , he doubly protects himself : even if the block fails , he has distanced himself from the oncoming punch . ) |
| 16 | The party 's executive chairman , the former opposition figure Kim Young Sam , had distanced himself from the plan , although his signature , that of his DLP co-chairman Kim Jong Pil , and that of President Roh Tae Woo , had been on a secret memorandum leaked to the press in October . |
| 17 | A close associate of the President , he had nevertheless distanced himself from the ruling party , the Vanguard of the Malagasy Revolution ( AREMA ) . |
| 18 | GE is headed by former environment minister Brice Lalonde and was set up with Mitterrand 's encouragement , but Lalonde has increasingly distanced himself from the government in recent months , criticizing Socialist policy on the environment . |
| 19 | Although he had deliberately distanced himself from the government since being ‘ sacked ’ as prime minister nearly two years ago and although he personally remained untainted by the multiple scandals which have beset the Socialist Party , he found himself caught up in the great tidal wave of rejection of the Socialists , which has swept the country . |
| 20 | Clifford Bradley had half hidden himself from the rest of the company behind the table holding the model of the new Laboratory . |
| 21 | But how far , even as an occasional visitor , could he isolate himself from the community , from their private tragedies no less than their dinner parties ? |
| 22 | Veteran Japanese player , Isao Aoki , originally penalised two strokes after the first round for grounding his club in a bunker , disqualified himself from the tournament before the second round . |
| 23 | The driver gracefully unwound himself from the low-slung vehicle and stood up , stretching his back , unaware that he was being watched . |
| 24 | In some cases , the author seeks to disguise his presence and distances himself from the narrative by employing techniques such as interior monologue , dialogue and intermediaries , which simultaneously highlight the subjective nature of the material presented and create the impression of an autonomous narration . |
| 25 | The reader may interpret the " flock " metaphorically , but by doing so he distances himself from the character . |
| 26 | Only after his son 's arrival at his camp did Henry II rouse himself from the passivity of the last month . |
| 27 | Former French Open champion Walton goes into the third round of the £618,000 championship in second place , two strokes behind Swede Mats Lanner , and 36 good holes away from saving himself from the trip that no player wants to make . |
| 28 | The Station Chief detached himself from the group . |
| 29 | Edward , who appeared to have detached himself from the proceedings , stared out of the window . |
| 30 | Bishop detached himself from the watching crowd . |