Example sentences of "[noun] free [pn reflx] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By inventing a myth , the epic poet frees himself from the group . |
| 2 | For a long time they clung together so until , with a haggard shaking of her head , Emilia freed herself from the embrace , struggled for , and found , a measure of composure . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The chick is due on good Friday , but it could take up to three days to free itself from the egg . |
| 5 | In the fifth century there were only two kings of Cyrene before the monarchy fell some time before c.450 , Battos IV ‘ The Fair ’ and Arkesilas IV ; in about the middle of the century , Cyrene freed itself from the never very oppressive control of Persia , perhaps following the lead of the Egyptian revolt . |
| 6 | Friends on the ground watched in horror as he was towed along for 20 seconds before managing to pull an emergency handle to free himself from the snagged chute . |
| 7 | And as the ship freed herself from the mule-lines and her screw began to chum up a wake of umber , sludgy water , and she picked up speed towards the marker buoys and the farewell beacon on Flamenco Island , I was sure I could see the seamen still , pointing their cameras back — now with long lenses all — towards the statue of Balboa which stands on the Panama City seafront , with the great man gazing out at the Ocean into which the Poles were now , at long last , sailing . |
| 8 | So after Doctor Who Carole Ann Ford deliberately immersed herself in theatrical parts to free herself from the stigma of Television , emerging only after a year to play the radically different role of a prostitute in ITV 's new Public Eye series . |
| 9 | Her boyfriend freed himself from the car boot . |
| 10 | Her boyfriend freed himself from the car boot . |