Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] themselves from [art] " in BNC.
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1 | They huddled together to protect themselves from the wind . |
2 | Two terrified passers-by , caught in the middle of the second blast at Cateaton Street , try desperately to shield themselves from the force of the explosion as they are engulfed by billowing smoke . |
3 | Whatever else was said , it was vital for Russian socialists clearly to dissociate themselves from the Tsarist record : |
4 | One was its desire to find some way not simply to get through the current hard times , but also to protect themselves from the financial ups and downs that make up every economic cycle . |
5 | At the end of the book , these opposing characters become closer and their real love for each other shows through the bitter shell that they hid under to protect themselves from the awful life they lead . |