Example sentences of "detached [pn reflx] from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As she drew closer , a burly , red-faced police sergeant detached himself from the crowd and moved towards her , notebook in hand . |
| 2 | Irish Tom detached himself from the group of workmen and swaggered , grinning , along the corridor . |
| 3 | After a few minutes one of the men detached himself from the group and walked after Fred at a smart pace . |
| 4 | Cunningham detached himself from the British game negotiating a £1 million transfer to Real Madrid in 1979 , the same year in which Maurice Hope of Antigua emulated Dixon , Turpin , Bassey and Conteh by winning a world boxing title . |
| 5 | When Manfro detached himself from the other men and came to walk by her side , Topaz glared at him . |
| 6 | Though the latter was at this time a much celebrated amateur artist he was surprised , on arriving , when Minton detached himself from the crowd he was talking with in order to cross the room and greet Cornish by name . |
| 7 | Lucenzo detached himself from the crowd and ran up the stairs two at a time , seeing that she 'd frozen . |
| 8 | Wynne-Jones detached himself from the supporting arm and came over to Tallis . |
| 9 | He jumped as a dark shape detached itself from the wall . |
| 10 | One of the undulating shapes detached itself from the wall and advanced towards the shining executioner as though blind to its danger . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The flare sank lower ; was , he guessed , down to about thirty seconds , when one of the black figures detached itself from the shadows . |
| 13 | This was not common practice but it reached its apotheosis in the 1945 general election when the Observer completely detached itself from the political parties and carried articles by representatives of each of the main parties . |
| 14 | The black construct before her split , spun into a thin loop , fleshed into a globe , flipped inside out to reveal a hovering pink mass , which detached itself from the main bulk and drifted some distance away . |
| 15 | Then one end of a crate detached itself from the crates and began to steal away , edging slowly round in a half circle . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As Twoflower watched , one of the shapes far above detached itself from the roof and began to grow larger … |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It detached itself from the thicket and reached rose-thorn fingers into the hard earth . |
| 20 | She noticed the card , noticed me with widening eyes , and in a short while detached herself from the owners and stood and waited . |
| 21 | Mavis detached herself from the group and looked as though she thought she probably ought to be making an effort to take charge . |
| 22 | At that moment Belinda looked over her shoulder and , seeing them together , detached herself from the rest of the group and tramped through the dying bracken towards them . |
| 23 | In the warmth of Penry 's arms she came face to face with the truth , survived it , and after a while she detached herself from the comforting embrace , accepting the box of tissues Penry passed to her before resuming his chair . |
| 24 | As Middlemass ( 1979 , p. 445 ) puts it : ‘ As in 1944–45 , employers and managers in a sense detached themselves from the dangerous appeal to the nation , over the heads of the nine million voters who were also affiliated to the TUC ’ . |
| 25 | Two vaguely serpentine exters detached themselves from the group . |