Example sentences of "to free itself [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It was a box , shaking itself madly to free itself of the smashed timber around it .
2 The horse will gallop off in terror , not realising that all it has to do is open its jaws to free itself from its tormentor .
3 In this sense , social work has been struggling to free itself from the same trap as much of British industry .
4 The chick is due on good Friday , but it could take up to three days to free itself from the egg .
5 The animal , sensing a new danger , shook its horns furiously to free itself from the encumbrance , and the already unconscious senator was catapulted into the thorns , where he lay without moving .
6 After being among the first of the former Soviet republics to fight to free itself from the embrace of Moscow , it has now come full circle with the recognition that it must look East as well as West for its own benefit .
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