Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [verb] himself from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to distance himself from the physical reality of death by thinking about the identity of the person who had caused it . |
| 2 | She seemed to be pushing her enormous frame closer to his , as he tried to extricate himself from the small stuffy room which had begun to give him claustrophobia . |
| 3 | ‘ Shit ! ’ screamed the driver as he tried to extricate himself from the situation . |
| 4 | ( By stepping back as he blocks , he doubly protects himself : even if the block fails , he has distanced himself from the oncoming punch . ) |
| 5 | He hastened to remove himself from the danger . |
| 6 | Gregson hung up and sat back on the bed , cradling a glass of whisky in his hand which he 'd poured himself from the room 's mini-bar . |
| 7 | 12 May : The Mail prints a letter from its owner , Lord Rothermere , saying that he wishes to distance himself from the newspaper 's criticism of the Archbishop of Canterbury the previous day . |
| 8 | For one thing he had discharged himself from the army and was listed as a deserter ; for another , he had a wife and two children ‘ somewhere in Norfolk ’ . |
| 9 | He had to identify himself from the pavement . |