Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some transracial adopters may prefer to isolate themselves from the cultural background and ethnic origin of their child because it is easier in the short run to escape conflicts . |
| 2 | We did not want to exclude ourselves from membership ; but we could not accept such an automatic commitment . |
| 3 | Again , he tackles , in The Conquest of Happiness , the roots of human unhappiness , and sees them in an excessive introversion , in an excessive concern with the mechanisms of one 's own mind , and proposes various ways in which people can seek to extract themselves from this introverted obsession with their own mechanisms . |
| 4 | It was as much as Millie could do to check herself from saying , ‘ Oh , I do n't think I should do that . |
| 5 | If Rainbow were left to her own devices , she would undoubtedly now choose to remove herself from the taxi altogether , and pace back and forth in the lay-by , enjoying the comparative peace of the rain and the fumes and the roar of the juggernauts until she could get the show back on the road once more . |
| 6 | It was all I could do to stop myself from shaking her until her neat white teeth rattled . |
| 7 | The tears on Cullam 's cheeks awoke in him a nausea and a rage so fierce that it was all he could do to prevent himself from striking him . |
| 8 | She was off-balance — nothing she could do to prevent herself from turning towards him as his grip pulled her in . |
| 9 | It was as much as she could do to restrain herself from rushing forward to grasp his hand in a gesture of sympathy and solidarity . |
| 10 | You wo n't want to extricate yourself from a personal promise or commitment , but you will begin to feel tied down and wish you 'd never got involved in the first place . |
| 11 | It may be an absolutely true statement , but it does nothing whatsoever to give any guidance as to the ways in which performance may be improved and merely passes a message down the line that those at the top do not want to know the bad news and would like to dissociate themselves from it . |
| 12 | Since neither headquarters nor division executives discuss or resolve either the attributions or the frustrations , both may eventually begin to distance themselves from each other . |
| 13 | It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to await the day when it will begin to abolish itself from below . |
| 14 | Not that he could have stopped himself from remembering . |
| 15 | ‘ If Sabine Jourdain could have broken away from him any time she chose , it must be equally true that Durance could have torn himself from those admirers . ’ |
| 16 | Congress , there 's a very familiar phrase which is often used in the English language , a phrase which many of you may have used yourselves from time to time . |
| 17 | If Jane Leeson had been a woman to examine her motives she would have absolved herself from any accusation of spite . |
| 18 | They do not have to protect themselves from the monster . |
| 19 | Do n't try distancing yourself from me by calling me Mr Calder . |
| 20 | It was expected that from now on the government would attempt to distance itself from any further scandals in the run-up to the autumn 's critical gubernatorial and congressional elections . |
| 21 | Many other writers working with similar concerns about the analysis of culture would wish to distance themselves from aspects of Montrose 's and Greenblatt 's orientation , though all would likely wish to acknowledge the influence of their work . |
| 22 | At the same time they would also wish to distance themselves from the connotations of full employment with which Friedman was to invest to the concept of the natural unemployment rate ( see next section ) . |
| 23 | ( 10 ) Because members of the Panel executive and the full Panel are often seconded from merchant banks , stockbrokers , firms of solicitors and accountants they may have to excuse themselves from dealing with any case which involves their employing company or firm . |
| 24 | Sivell seems to have the old and young balanced quite well and he will have to stop himself from dusting down the mantlepiece once more . |
| 25 | Had they followed the example of Aled Williams , who scored a scintillating try around the Neath cover , the game might have released itself from the siege strangehold . |
| 26 | On the issue of regional government , I do not want to distance myself from English history , but I recognise that Whitehall government is a long way from Manchester . |
| 27 | I do n't want to alienate myself from humanity . |
| 28 | It makes me incredibly angry to think what a brainless , totally impossible , ‘ perfect ’ image of womanhood the media present , and that so many of us , me included , are intelligent but ca n't seem to separate ourselves from wanting those ideals . |
| 29 | Instead of feeding our fear , we must start to detach ourselves from it . |