Example sentences of "himself away [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had assumed that their affair would in some way be a violent one , because O was known to be violent , and because Boy made you feel strange when he gave himself away to you , a strangeness , and a feeling that you always wanted more , that often came out as violence . |
| 2 | But he thought it a reasonable request to ask for a route and he took himself away to Tara 's great map room to procure maps for them . |
| 3 | Lennox also hit back at critics , who claim he should have avoided the dangerous Ruddock and hidden himself away for a world title shot , snapping : ‘ I know the British fight fans will respect me for going in against the best instead of facing an easy touch . |
| 4 | ‘ It was his first job and he locked himself away for the day with a feather and a bottle of wine , ’ remembers Sally . |
| 5 | When the house was finished , he hid himself away for months at a time , with only a few good friends and his beloved books and garden . |
| 6 | There is a story of Dorothy L. Sayers that depends on the reader noting that a French speaker uses in one careless word the wrong gender and thus , supposedly , gives himself away as a man masquerading as a woman . |
| 7 | So he 's got to be careful , and he 's worried that he might give himself away by some tiny flicker of expression . |
| 8 | Even as a schoolboy he had taken himself away from the crowd for long lonely walks , and sat in the silence of the small chapel in the grounds at Gordonstoun . |
| 9 | Much of his childhood , after the death of his father , and early manhood was spent wresting himself away from the embrace of his mother . |
| 10 | By his own accounts , he could hardly keep himself away from the battle lines in Central America . |
| 11 | He got hold of the polished tip of one of his shoes , and tried to pull himself away from the wall . |
| 12 | ‘ Wants attention , he does , ’ murmured Tom , drawing himself away from the window . |
| 13 | He had come home , it was beginning to seem , in order to finally wrench himself away from all his father represented , and not only him but the even more hateful world of the van Goghs ; the art dealers , the bourgeoisie , polite society , ‘ them ’ . |
| 14 | To wean himself away from concrete , physical sensation , the Jewish adept should learn to contemplate language in a way that would divorce it from meaning and physical reality . |
| 15 | Pushing himself away from the walls of the KGB building , Kirov walked in the direction of the Post Office . |
| 16 | Simon pushed himself away from the table and went back to the hissing kettle to make his coffee . |
| 17 | Fearon pushed himself away from the door . |
| 18 | He leant back and pushed himself away from the table , sliding backwards on the castors of his typist-style chair . |
| 19 | Having loved Martha from the bottom of his heart , Sam now found that he loved his daughter every bit as much , and could hardly tear himself away from the cradle , where he would spend hours gazing at the fruit and blessing of the union . |
| 20 | ‘ Shuts himself away from the world . ’ |
| 21 | He tried to tear himself away from them , but they seemed to draw him in , seeming to darken as if they were wells that were dug deep beyond the limit of the sun 's rays . |
| 22 | He ca n't drink for six whole months , that 's why he has to get himself away from town and temptation and live out in the country . |
| 23 | Rohmer pushed himself away from the corridor wall , smiling . |
| 24 | Jimmy had been shaken by those sounds , more shaken than the others , for good reason , but Cardiff could see that he was unprepared to show it as he pushed himself away from the reception counter . |
| 25 | With a sob of relief , he pushed himself away from the step and back to his feet again . |
| 26 | But Howard ca n't tear himself away from it . |
| 27 | Connelly used every ounce of strength he had to push himself away from the cooker , but Farrell was a powerful man and forced the agent 's face ever closer to the ring . |
| 28 | With a shout of pain he tore his hand free , the flesh ripping as he dragged himself away from the knife , leaving it embedded in the wood . |
| 29 | He often shuts himself away from the world . ’ |
| 30 | Jeopardy pushed himself away from the wall , his arms still folded . |