Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [pn reflx] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For all the tact of his dealings with the army , his words and policies in the summer of 1958 plainly showed that de Gaulle was disassociating himself from the ideology of integration — i.e. integration of Algeria into France — that many officers favoured . |
| 2 | Yet many party supporters were outraged by this betrayal of the Whig tradition , and the very fact that the issue of liberty of conscience could now be given a low priority in the party agenda is perhaps indicative of the beginnings of the process whereby Whiggery was to divorce itself from the cause of Dissent . |
| 3 | Or , if the Prince of Wales was to remove himself from the line of succession , that would be a grave matter . |
| 4 | It must have seemed to them that Marian and Allen had perished in the flames and their own immediate concern was to remove themselves from the danger of the roof falling in on their heads and from the certain consequence that so conspicuous a fire in the night would be seen by the outlaws and would sooner or later bring them to the scene . |
| 5 | She was lowering herself from the tip-toe that she needed to look over the panelled backing of the window display when something else caught her eye , further down the road . |
| 6 | Kersey was briefing himself from the paperwork so far . |