Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [pn reflx] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereupon , declaring that no less precious food should thereafter pass her lips , the lady had , variously , starved herself to death or flung herself from the window , in which case her blood had forever coloured the ruddy rocks of Roussillon . |
| 2 | He sat down and helped himself from the coffee-pot on the table , then refilled Lucy 's cup as well . |
| 3 | The raiders smashed the front door panel of the garage shop and helped themselves from the cigarette shelves . |
| 4 | We walked straight to the head of the queue and helped ourselves from a huge cauldron which was steaming on top of an oven . |
| 5 | Dear Donna said virtuously that she had to write her report , and disentangled herself from the conversation before she was asked to babysit . |
| 6 | On March 13 the Greek government denied that there had been any interference in Albania 's internal affairs , and dissociated itself from a recent declaration by the Metropolitan of Konitsa in which the archbishop had urged Greek Albanians to return to Albania in order to vote in the elections . |
| 7 | He escaped with a broken leg and pulled himself from the wreckage before Crowfield emergency services arrived from the club . |
| 8 | Mr Thomas Rideout , his successor as Conservative premier , called a snap election for April 20th and distanced himself from the Peckford follies . |
| 9 | He had found out what awaited him , and removed himself from the scene long enough , he had hoped , to escape the judgement . |
| 10 | Mark sagged forward on to his desk , straightened up , and dragged himself from the brink of sleep . |
| 11 | ( Cohen also refers , for instance , to white youth who supported overtly racist immigration policies but dissociated themselves from the National Front ; see also the research on white youth reported in Coffield et al. , |