Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pn reflx] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cunningham detached himself from the British game negotiating a £1 million transfer to Real Madrid in 1979 , the same year in which Maurice Hope of Antigua emulated Dixon , Turpin , Bassey and Conteh by winning a world boxing title . |
| 2 | In the stroboscopic view , the giant pistons were the only things moving — until a figure detached itself from the wall , its grey colour exactly that of the background steel . |
| 3 | It was then that a familiar figure detached itself from the shadows of the trees and moved out into the dim orange light of one of the streetlamps . |
| 4 | One of the undulating shapes detached itself from the wall and advanced towards the shining executioner as though blind to its danger . |
| 5 | French President François Mitterrand dissociated himself from the statement because of a passage which , praising Soviet moves to democracy and " economic liberty " , said that market economies should be created in the Soviet republics . |
| 6 | The DUC disassociated itself from the arson and monkeywrenching , and remained independent of the and-nuclear movement . |
| 7 | Another former confidant , John Biffen , in effect removed himself from the government after coded criticism of the Prime Minister 's strident , dogmatic style . |
| 8 | For a long time they clung together so until , with a haggard shaking of her head , Emilia freed herself from the embrace , struggled for , and found , a measure of composure . |
| 9 | He noted the rapid , undignified scramble by which the culprit extricated himself from the ropes on the river path , followed by ominous little trickles of loose earth ; and the exaggerated dignity with which he compensated as soon as he was clear , his slender back turned upon the voice that blasted him out of danger , his crest self-consciously reared in affected disregard of sounds which could not possibly be directed at him . |
| 10 | Rachaela lifted herself from the chair . |
| 11 | Lucenzo detached himself from the crowd and ran up the stairs two at a time , seeing that she 'd frozen . |
| 12 | The girl pulled herself from the mattress and stood with one hand on her hip , in an aggressive pose . |
| 13 | As she stumbled back into the corridor Alexander disengaged himself from the embrace of the dark-haired woman . |
| 14 | He woke as Pete heaved himself from the bunk . |
| 15 | Though the latter was at this time a much celebrated amateur artist he was surprised , on arriving , when Minton detached himself from the crowd he was talking with in order to cross the room and greet Cornish by name . |
| 16 | Mavis detached herself from the group and looked as though she thought she probably ought to be making an effort to take charge . |
| 17 | Irish Tom detached himself from the group of workmen and swaggered , grinning , along the corridor . |
| 18 | Adele Duncan raised herself from the pillows . |
| 19 | One group distanced themselves from the class and adopted a communist ideology advocating the overthrow of capitalism by the working class . |
| 20 | In the fifth century there were only two kings of Cyrene before the monarchy fell some time before c.450 , Battos IV ‘ The Fair ’ and Arkesilas IV ; in about the middle of the century , Cyrene freed itself from the never very oppressive control of Persia , perhaps following the lead of the Egyptian revolt . |
| 21 | The nucleus of workers who helped transform Carno Railway Station into one of the world 's most efficient textile printing plants considered themselves from the beginning as part of an extended family . |
| 22 | Mr. Brakspear dissociated himself from the report saying ‘ the error in truth having arisen from the fact that they ( he and Mr. Fryer ) were the only two who went round the links with reporters ’ . |
| 23 | TWO years to the day after Chernobyl blew up , Valeri Legasov hanged himself from the balustrade in the stairwell of his Moscow house . |
| 24 | She noticed the card , noticed me with widening eyes , and in a short while detached herself from the owners and stood and waited . |
| 25 | Then one end of a crate detached itself from the crates and began to steal away , edging slowly round in a half circle . |
| 26 | The flare sank lower ; was , he guessed , down to about thirty seconds , when one of the black figures detached itself from the shadows . |
| 27 | Two vaguely serpentine exters detached themselves from the group . |
| 28 | representing that , but you know and I know that it did n't stay like that , I do n't know how long , but it did n't stay like it for very long because sin crept in , that circle was marred , it was twisted , that intermit original fellowship with God was broken , let me read you a verse there in Genesis chapter three and verse eight , it 's , it 's Adam and Eve it says they heard the sound of the lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the lord God among the trees of the garden , for the first time since Adam had first been created they hide from God , they hear him coming , it 's the time when God will come , and they hear him that were walking through the garden using picture language , and they go and hide , they 're ashamed to see him , they do n't want to look upon him , something has happened that perfect circle has been marred , what it was like yesterday , things are different now , there 's that unclean feeling , there 's that guilt complex , we 've done it wrong , we 've failed to keep what God 's said , we 've broken the rules and when you break the rules , it 's not just the rules that are broken is it , you know it and I know it , in relationships , it 's not just the rules that get broken , it 's the relationship is marred . |
| 29 | At that time the Japanese foreign ministry distanced itself from the Liberal Democrats ' mission to Pyongyang organised by the party 's strongman , Shin Kanemaru . |
| 30 | Ahead of us the tall pines that stretch out across the frozen plain of Estonia distinguished themselves from the snow-coated sky and earth . |