Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] [pn reflx] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The institutional , legal and procedural definition of convocation had not been clear in 1307 nor was it finally resolved by 1327 : the clergy were struggling to free themselves from the enveloping quicksand of parliament , the king 's high court , and to reach the firm ground of an autonomous clerical assembly , no part of the king 's court ( with all that that implied ) and free from the intimidating presence , or intrusion , of those royal councillors who were laymen . |
| 2 | Her hair , red snakes struggling to free themselves from the hairpins , was the only vital thing about her . |
| 3 | After them the literary scene in Slovenia throughout the nineteenth century resembles that of many of the small nations of Europe struggling to free themselves from the shackles of the great multinational empires which straddled the continent from Finland to the Aegean . |
| 4 | In this sense , social work has been struggling to free itself from the same trap as much of British industry . |
| 5 | However , she said that she was quite happy to visualize the scene without having to detach herself from the reality of it . |
| 6 | And from the moment of birth the child is learning -learning to know its own body and bodily needs , learning to distinguish itself from the world around it , learning something about its relationships to things and people in that world . |
| 7 | About ten years later , although the clock said differently , she appeared , eyes trying to adjust themselves from the strong sunlight to the shady cool of the bar . |
| 8 | The Victoria and Albert Museum is still trying to disassociate itself from the ignominious failure of the exhibition of sporting trophies through the ages . |
| 9 | I wince every time I watch a two-stroke apparently trying to tear itself from the mountings . |
| 10 | At that meeting the party changed its name , trying to distance itself from the word that connected it to communism . |
| 11 | Trying to defend himself from the verbal barrage , Col Mladenovic moved closer to his two bodyguards and said softly : ‘ You people left the Army . |