Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] himself from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She seemed to be pushing her enormous frame closer to his , as he tried to extricate himself from the small stuffy room which had begun to give him claustrophobia . |
| 2 | ‘ Shit ! ’ screamed the driver as he tried to extricate himself from the situation . |
| 3 | In a fury of hatred and jealousy he thrashed his stick about Kemp 's head while Kemp himself tried to extricate himself from the twisted sheets , to get out of the bed , and to defend himself — but he did n't make it . |
| 4 | He tried to distance himself from the physical reality of death by thinking about the identity of the person who had caused it . |
| 5 | He hastened to remove himself from the danger . |
| 6 | The Americans watched the bamboo rod rise and fall and heard the sickening thud of wood on flesh and bone ; as the fallen Annamese struggled to raise himself from the dusty road they saw blood welling from the crimson weals on his back . |
| 7 | Baldwin , following the conclusion of certain pacts with Philip Augustus , sought to extricate himself from the possible threat of excommunication and interdict on his lands which he had accepted at the time of the agreement if certain conditions were not fulfilled . |
| 8 | Matthei had been in post since 1978 , but in the late 1980s he had been the first among the military leadership to recognize the strength of the democratic opposition and the inevitability of political change and , as a result , began to distance himself from the military hardliners . |
| 9 | Speaking from his holiday home in Kennebunkport , President George Bush sought to distance himself from the controversy , stating that it was not " a matter for the president to be concerned about , especially on the first day of his vacation " . |
| 10 | Thirty-two-year-old Mike Keneally managed to transform himself from a 28-stone blob into a 14-stone hunk . |
| 11 | Dr Barbara Burrell of the University of Cincinnati commented , ‘ Some experts have suggested that the palace 's position between the theatre and the stadium may not be consistent with Herod 's personality as a paranoid who would have wanted to distance himself from the people of the city of Caeserea . |
| 12 | In 1829 a convicted prisoner petitioned that he should have been allowed to free himself from a charge of robbery by rendering compensation . |
| 13 | The new committee , reportedly dominated by political figures close to the military establishment , was believed to reflect the army 's growing alienation from the policies of the Ghozali government ; although Ghozali remained a member of the FLN central committee he was considered as having tried to distance himself from the FLN as much as possible . |
| 14 | 12 May : The Mail prints a letter from its owner , Lord Rothermere , saying that he wishes to distance himself from the newspaper 's criticism of the Archbishop of Canterbury the previous day . |
| 15 | Mr Parkinson also appeared to distance himself from the BR route for the Channel tunnel link through Kent , saying that it was ‘ for Parliament to settle the way forward ’ . |
| 16 | He also appeared to distance himself from the BR route for the Channel tunnel link , saying that when BR brought forward the Bill for its preferred route through Kent , it would be ‘ for Parliament to settle the way forward ’ . |
| 17 | Yesterday , Mr Major battled to distance himself from the scandal which has already engulfed four Cabinet colleagues . |
| 18 | He had to identify himself from the pavement . |
| 19 | At all costs Hauser wished to distance himself from the coming Manescu operation in various ex-Communist European states . |
| 20 | Trying to defend himself from the verbal barrage , Col Mladenovic moved closer to his two bodyguards and said softly : ‘ You people left the Army . |
| 21 | Indeed , at the Home Office Press Conference held to discuss the catastrophic crime figures for April to June 1990 , John Patten attempted to distance himself from the research by asking if Field was the member of his staff ‘ who wore an earring ’ ( Guardian 27.10.90 ) before stating that the work was exploratory and could not be regarded as definitive . |
| 22 | Harvey has managed to drag himself from the van , still clutching his stomach , to add extra effect to the barrage — and the audience features members of Screaming Trees and Dagnasty . |