Example sentences of "[prep] extricate [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | So Suger persuaded Louis to begin the task — not completed till the reign of Philip Augustus — of extricating himself from the bonds of homage which bound him to various bishops in the realm . |
| 2 | Imperial Airways had difficulty in extricating themselves from the ensuing row . |
| 3 | They had come to me for help in extricating themselves from satanism because the high priest had insisted on performing the ‘ Act of Unity ’ with their fourteen-year-old daughter . |
| 4 | As events since the early 1970s have shown , many advanced capitalist states have in fact had much less trouble than anticipated in extricating themselves from the provision of collective consumption . |
| 5 | We agents , however , must represent anything with the air of a cock-up only as an opportunity to demonstrate the Partei 's brilliance in extricating itself from it . |
| 6 | The new Soviet leadership under Gorbachev has evidently been more intent on extricating itself from Afghanistan through political accommodation . |