Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been an almost Darwinian process , of course , with those failing to shrug off the stereotype simply going out of business and removing themselves from the genetic pool . |
| 2 | But in the short and euphoric interval , even Mr Mann has softened his approach , indicating that he was now prepared to accept the constitution of India , and distancing himself from the latest demands by the ultra-belligerent Sikh student movement for an alternative government . |
| 3 | But in the short and euphoric interval , even Mr Mann has softened his approach , indicating that he was now prepared to accept the constitution of India , and distancing himself from the latest demands by the ultra-belligerent Sikh student movement for an alternative government . |
| 4 | Instead their political energy was absorbed in enhancing the privileges of guild membership , seeking exemption from as many of the burdens of the ‘ service city ’ as possible , and distancing themselves from petty traders . |
| 5 | A particular brand of Protestant religion correlated with a science that was at once emerging from , and emancipating itself from , the organic and spirit-filled world of the magician . |
| 6 | If I may speak as one who has heard all the centenary lectures and restraining myself from being invidious , I will merely say : George , it was an admirable centenary lecture , and the huge spinning top of words , despite its complexity , kept the patterns clear and sharp and arguable . |
| 7 | Within minutes of slipping out of its mother 's body and freeing itself from its glistening birth membranes , it finds its mother 's nipple and is drinking her milk . |