Example sentences of "[noun] detach itself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | One of the undulating shapes detached itself from the wall and advanced towards the shining executioner as though blind to its danger . |
| 4 | Then one end of a crate detached itself from the crates and began to steal away , edging slowly round in a half circle . |
| 5 | The flare sank lower ; was , he guessed , down to about thirty seconds , when one of the black figures detached itself from the shadows . |
| 6 | He jumped as a dark shape detached itself from the wall . |
| 7 | It had n't reached the zenith of its arc before a black shape detached itself from the shadows in the corner of the room and swooped down , taking the morsel in mid-air . |
| 8 | When the neural tube closes ( Chapter 2 ) , a group of cells detaches itself at the site of fusion and migrates to many parts of the body and differentiates into a wide variety of cell types . |
| 9 | The placenta detaches itself from the uterine wall and , with other material , is forced out after the baby . |