Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pn reflx] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nathan was seated in the opposite corner , one hand easy on the wheel as he helped himself from the plate . |
| 2 | He discharged himself from the hospital . |
| 3 | From then on he dissociated himself from the Church of England , and he and Starky preached in barns near Charlynch , drawing huge crowds . |
| 4 | He hanged himself from a piece of sheet attached to a ventilation grille . |
| 5 | He hung himself from the bellrope . |
| 6 | As the front door closed he pulled himself from the sofa and watched her drive away . |
| 7 | By night he kept himself from the usual evenings with Henry and Betty , thinking to leave them some space for a time , and he would often take a sleeping pill at eight , before dinner , because sleep had grown difficult . |
| 8 | Little by little he freed himself from the control of the political groups , at the same time successfully exposing their divisions and their increasing isolation . |
| 9 | He saved himself from the sack a dozen times . |
| 10 | Pleading illness , he excused himself from the Governors , meeting that day and took an earlier train home . |
| 11 | He dragged himself from the clump of twitch-grass that had been his hiding-place for the last half hour , and shivering violently , set off on foot to the east . |
| 12 | No movement , no luck With a silent curse he extricated himself from the first trap and moved on to the next |
| 13 | He forced himself from the parachute , offered thanks to God for his deliverance , and hobbled off to find someone . |