Example sentences of "[prep] distance himself [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buckmaster 's habit of distancing himself from the seamier side of the company worried him . |
| 2 | Closer co-operation with Western Europe was ideally suited to Adenauer 's policy of distancing himself from the Eastern bloc after September 1955 , when Moscow upset him by recognising East Germany as a sovereign state . |
| 3 | Ankara diplomats saw his resignation as a way of distancing himself from an unpopular government . |
| 4 | There was speculation that in distancing himself from the Khmers Rouges , Sihanouk was acting with the approval of the Chinese government . |
| 5 | In speeches delivered by him during a four-day visit to Catalonia in January , he called for unity and solidarity ; yet , at the same time , he himself kept the in-fighting going by distancing himself from Serrano while cultivating Arrese . |