Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] himself from the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | French President François Mitterrand dissociated himself from the statement because of a passage which , praising Soviet moves to democracy and " economic liberty " , said that market economies should be created in the Soviet republics . |
| 3 | Elsewhere Salim separates himself from the doers and makers of the big world beyond him , of whom it is said : ‘ They 're making cars that will run on water . ’ |
| 4 | Lucenzo detached himself from the crowd and ran up the stairs two at a time , seeing that she 'd frozen . |
| 5 | As she stumbled back into the corridor Alexander disengaged himself from the embrace of the dark-haired woman . |
| 6 | He woke as Pete heaved himself from the bunk . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Irish Tom detached himself from the group of workmen and swaggered , grinning , along the corridor . |
| 9 | Mr. Brakspear dissociated himself from the report saying ‘ the error in truth having arisen from the fact that they ( he and Mr. Fryer ) were the only two who went round the links with reporters ’ . |
| 10 | TWO years to the day after Chernobyl blew up , Valeri Legasov hanged himself from the balustrade in the stairwell of his Moscow house . |
| 11 | Wynne-Jones detached himself from the supporting arm and came over to Tallis . |
| 12 | When he realized that he was unlikely to receive satisfaction on either score , de Gaulle distanced himself from the negotiations by flying to Brazzaville in Central Africa . |
| 13 | Was Morrissey distancing himself from the proceedings ? |
| 14 | Consecrated in Winchester by the legate Henry of Blois [ q.v. ] on 20 June , Bishop William excused himself from the consecration of Fitzherbert in late September because of difficulties in his bishopric , where Cumin was maintaining his position by force and guile . |
| 15 | George protects himself from the stink of UB40 's ‘ witty ’ bile |
| 16 | When Manfro detached himself from the other men and came to walk by her side , Topaz glared at him . |