Example sentences of "i [vb past] [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welford said : ‘ He grabbed me by the lapels and cuffed me across the face , but I shielded myself from the rest of his blows . ’ |
| 2 | As I disentangled myself from the green wool , I had been linked not only to these women beside me , but to those in Canaan and all the other women through the centuries who have wept over the death of the gods of life , of love , and of hope , whom they tried to revive with their tears . |
| 3 | I am entering my true life , the life I was prevented from leading — well , that I prevented myself from leading by my stupidity , my incredible folly . |
| 4 | It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years . |
| 5 | I rebuilt myself from there . |
| 6 | Mind you , I have an idea that this would be good to use as a weaving yarn , but I restrained myself from buying any — I have enough cones in the cupboard , thank you very much . |
| 7 | I raised myself from the bunk slowly . |
| 8 | I excused myself from Mr Cardinal and moved towards the doors . |
| 9 | I absented myself from a couple of demos . |
| 10 | I freed myself from the antiquated strait jacket of his verbose speech patterns . |
| 11 | All this happened in the twinkling of an eye and just as quickly I extricated myself from the upholstered prison , scraped up my hat and tried to bash it back into shape as I hobbled to retrieve a far-flung shoe . |