Example sentences of "[verb] himself away [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He got hold of the polished tip of one of his shoes , and tried to pull himself away from the wall . |
| 2 | ‘ Shuts himself away from the world . ’ |
| 3 | He often shuts himself away from the world . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Wants attention , he does , ’ murmured Tom , drawing himself away from the window . |
| 5 | Pushing himself away from the walls of the KGB building , Kirov walked in the direction of the Post Office . |
| 6 | Pulling himself away from the older man , he ran after Maisie , who was now somewhere out in the road . |
| 7 | By his own accounts , he could hardly keep himself away from the battle lines in Central America . |
| 8 | Having loved Martha from the bottom of his heart , Sam now found that he loved his daughter every bit as much , and could hardly tear himself away from the cradle , where he would spend hours gazing at the fruit and blessing of the union . |
| 9 | ‘ It was his first job and he locked himself away for the day with a feather and a bottle of wine , ’ remembers Sally . |
| 10 | Even as a schoolboy he had taken himself away from the crowd for long lonely walks , and sat in the silence of the small chapel in the grounds at Gordonstoun . |
| 11 | He 'd stayed there ( ‘ in Didcart ’ ) much longer than he 'd intended ; and when finally he tore himself away from the Cornish Riviera and the Torbay Express he 'd walked back to Didcot Parkway Station at about five o'clock , and caught the next train back to Oxford , where he 'd , er , where he 'd had a quick drink in the Station Buffet . |
| 12 | When the immediate formalities were over , he left Algeria for the last time , and flew back to Paris , where he shut himself away in the house at St-Cloud , seeing no one . |
| 13 | He is one of the few first-class players who make a point also of drinking in the public bar at grounds rather than cocooning himself away in the players ’ or sponsors ' lounges . |
| 14 | Much of his childhood , after the death of his father , and early manhood was spent wresting himself away from the embrace of his mother . |
| 15 | Connelly used every ounce of strength he had to push himself away from the cooker , but Farrell was a powerful man and forced the agent 's face ever closer to the ring . |
| 16 | With a shout of pain he tore his hand free , the flesh ripping as he dragged himself away from the knife , leaving it embedded in the wood . |
| 17 | The barman dragged himself away from the knot of men deep in conversation about the price fetched by a piece of land across the road . |
| 18 | Simon pushed himself away from the table and went back to the hissing kettle to make his coffee . |
| 19 | Fearon pushed himself away from the door . |
| 20 | He leant back and pushed himself away from the table , sliding backwards on the castors of his typist-style chair . |
| 21 | Rohmer pushed himself away from the corridor wall , smiling . |
| 22 | Jimmy had been shaken by those sounds , more shaken than the others , for good reason , but Cardiff could see that he was unprepared to show it as he pushed himself away from the reception counter . |
| 23 | With a sob of relief , he pushed himself away from the step and back to his feet again . |
| 24 | Jeopardy pushed himself away from the wall , his arms still folded . |
| 25 | Guy pushed himself away from the hut and strode across the clearing to make sure his horse was secure for the night . |