Example sentences of "[verb] themselves from the [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | As they served themselves from the many little dishes , Maura surveyed her companion . |
2 | It is clear that the core of the upper class certainly do differentiate themselves from the broader middle class , even if it suits them to call themselves ‘ middle class ’ when asked . |
3 | At that time the DPKR had only 7,000 members and although they dissociated themselves from the Russian Communist Party , many were still members of the CPSU . |
4 | Inevitably they led to the totally unnecessary deaths of many pet cats , as jittery owners took emergency steps to protect themselves from the dreaded twentieth-century plague . |
5 | Tying pillows to their heads with towels to protect themselves from the larger falling lumps , they set off . |