Example sentences of "to distance herself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is another for the Prime Minister to distance herself from the policies of the government of which she is head . |
| 2 | When under pressure , though , she is said to throw tantrums , to distance herself from those around her and just take off . |
| 3 | The thought of Norman 's discomfiture at finding her gone cheered her a little and she pressed her foot down on the accelerator , anxious to distance herself from the three of them , to reach the safety of home . |
| 4 | For her latest exhibition , Oulton has gone even further to distance herself from Old Master traditions and concepts of Englishness . |
| 5 | When it was published she made no attempt to distance herself from it . |
| 6 | Without being aware of her movements , she had withdrawn her hands , as if to distance herself from him . |
| 7 | The lift was small and Rain was trying to distance herself from Oliver without pressing up against Wickham . |
| 8 | She tried to distance herself from it all , as Papa had once said that the Indians did , but it was useless ; he hurt her too much , and , what was worse , took pleasure in her pain … |
| 9 | Her head turned restlessly on the pillow as she strove to distance herself from the increasingly excited voice of the commentator and the air-splitting whine of the high-revving engines . |
| 10 | Many commentators interpreted Aquino 's action as an attempt to revive her reputation as a populist and to distance herself from the charges of nepotism , corruption and incompetence which had been increasingly directed against her government by critics from both the right and the left . |
| 11 | The sheer beauty of their surroundings helped her to distance herself from the unsettling vibrations between them . |