Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the undulating shapes detached itself from the wall and advanced towards the shining executioner as though blind to its danger . |
| 2 | I noticed his comrades distanced themselves from him . |
| 3 | At their Ardnamoyle home in Derry 's republican Shantallow estate , the bride 's parents distanced themselves from today 's events . |
| 4 | To her amusement , two black-cloaked figures in full face masks and tricorn hats detached themselves from a group on a parapet and arranged themselves in exaggerated attitudes of extreme sorrow , one studying a rose , the other a silver mirror . |
| 5 | Guests helped themselves from a buffet where a hot luncheon of delicious children 's food was served , included sausages , goulash , and open baked potatoes with a pat of butter inside . |
| 6 | The nucleus of workers who helped transform Carno Railway Station into one of the world 's most efficient textile printing plants considered themselves from the beginning as part of an extended family . |
| 7 | The flare sank lower ; was , he guessed , down to about thirty seconds , when one of the black figures detached itself from the shadows . |
| 8 | Two vaguely serpentine exters detached themselves from the group . |
| 9 | Joseph had mused : ‘ perhaps there is at work here a process , apparent in many situations but imperfectly understood , by which problems reproduced themselves from generation to generation ’ ( Joseph , 1972 ) . |
| 10 | The leaders of the community and the religious élites differentiated themselves from society at large by adopting these virtues ; monastic communities had come into being dedicated to their observance . |
| 11 | All the children blessed themselves from the fount and went straight up to the altar . |
| 12 | In accepting that the world occupied by a majority of adult women would be different from that of men , feminists distinguished themselves from the mainstream of opinion only by their refusal to accept that women 's role was thereby rendered inferior . |
| 13 | After a few minutes one of the men detached himself from the group and walked after Fred at a smart pace . |
| 14 | The Scottish Jacobites withdrew themselves from the Scottish Convention which met on 14 March 1689 , and as a result the settlement north of the border was worked out predominantly by Whigs . |
| 15 | In the meantime , the aeroplane was burning enthusiastically in various parts of the field , when suddenly there was an almighty bang and one of the tanks separated itself from whatever it was attached to and flew through the air to land at Spencer 's feet . |
| 16 | The rest , 52 per cent , was income councils raised themselves from the property tax or rates . |
| 17 | It is rather sad that due to the subsequent rather narrow defeat of the motion that we find that such a large complement of Northern Labour MPs absented themselves from such a vital environmental vote due to prior engagements and by doing so thus failed to support their Labour colleague Kevin McNamara , the sponsor of the Bill , and failed to contribute to ending once and forever this sickening , depraved social pastime . |