Example sentences of "[verb] ourselves from the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moore contends that if , having freed ourselves from the naturalistic fallacy , we ask what are the chief good things known to us , we will conclude that they are personal affection and the enjoyment of beautiful objects . |
| 2 | But we wanted from the start to dissociate ourselves from the arrogant and ignorant belief that in some mysterious way English is superior to other languages , and that children who speak Bengali or Hindi at home should abandon these languages as soon as possible . |
| 3 | So when we have real emotions about someone , we lift ourselves from the shallow level of selfishness into the real and eternal . |
| 4 | ‘ We are confident we have done nothing wrong , but need to protect ourselves from the arbitrary and capricious actions of our adversaries . ’ |
| 5 | Nor do I believe that it can be said that in no way can we disentangle ourselves from the religious myth which we have inherited . |