Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | By inventing a myth , the epic poet frees himself from the group . |
| 2 | We use the words in the sense of a psychic process by which the mind protects itself from undue or unbearable pain , anxiety or conflict . |
| 3 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 4 | I did not suffer any side effects myself from the new drug but , after I had been taking it for nearly two years , I became pregnant . |
| 5 | In this respect my work differentiates itself from the work of the Minimalists . |
| 6 | Dr Macdonald clearly identifies the link between oedema , weeping and the flow of urine from the bladder in which the body frees itself from the water retained in the tissues causing the swelling which brings the patient to the doctor . |
| 7 | One waxed jacket detaches himself from the group and approaches a lone drinker across the bar . |
| 8 | Beachcombing soaks up the hours , punctuated with crisp swims during which my scarf unknots itself from my breasts and drifts out to sea like a directionless jelly fish . |
| 9 | He looks first at purpose , which he takes as the basic means by which the subject abstracts itself from , and imposes itself upon , nature . |
| 10 | Dominique uncoils herself from the driving seat and extracts herself elegantly . |
| 11 | The placenta detaches itself from the uterine wall and , with other material , is forced out after the baby . |