Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] herself from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They 'd get done in if they did it 'ere , ’ said Nancy , using her healthy roundness to expel herself from the jammed-up doorway . |
| 2 | " Combining mystery with history " : this was a phrase I invented ( or perhaps inadvertently cribbed ) for the blurb of the first novel I wrote under the pseudonym of Evelyn Hervey , The Governess , a story in which Miss Harriet Unwin in her first post as a governess in 1870s London finds herself accused of murder and has to pinpoint the real killer to save herself from the Old Bailey . |
| 3 | She gave Victoria a banana whenever she saw her and would tell Melanie to help herself from the baskets of nuts . |
| 4 | Instantly , she was filled with the need to protect herself from the hopelessly vulnerable way that made her feel . |
| 5 | As Bill has sharpened his image to match his growing political fortunes , so Hillary cast aside her intellectual reserve to transform herself from a dowdy schoolma'am type in heavy glasses to a glamorous , designer-dressed head-turner who would grace any State function . |
| 6 | It is another for the Prime Minister to distance herself from the policies of the government of which she is head . |
| 7 | Despite her determination to be happy , she still suffered from chaotic dreams , and quickly plunged into everyday activity to save herself from the terrors of her own mind . |
| 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 . |