Example sentences of "detach [pn reflx] from [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally Alain detached himself from Claudine 's clinging hands and turned to the house , collecting Jenna with a very hard hand on her arm . |
| 2 | India detached itself from Africa and set off across what is now called the Indian Ocean , eventually to crunch into south Asia and raise the Himalayas . |
| 3 | The Iranians might welcome a secession in Iraq 's south , especially if the Shias who detached themselves from Baghdad chose later to attach themselves to their co-religionists in Tehran . |
| 4 | Peter tried to detach himself from Molland as they left the solicitor 's office . |
| 5 | She found no difficulty in detaching herself from Leif 's advances , so why did she seem pathologically incapable of breaking contact now ? |