Example sentences of "try [verb] [pn reflx] from " in BNC.
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| 31 | I wince every time I watch a two-stroke apparently trying to tear itself from the mountings . |
| 32 | In any case , he was eager to start work upon another play and was trying to extricate himself from various official duties in order to give himself room for composition : he resigned from the board of the Christian News Letter , for example , on the grounds of lack of time . |
| 33 | Climbing up a steep bank or trying to extricate itself from a mud hole is likely to produce squeals of distress from the infant and the adults nearby will rush over to see what is wrong . |
| 34 | Jean Alesi is said to be trying to disentangle himself from his 1993 Ferrari contract in order to make himself available to Williams . |
| 35 | I put my other hand up to my face too , and put my head down on my knees , trying to keep myself from going to pieces . |
| 36 | In recent months Mr Adams and the more pragmatic elements in Sinn Fein have been trying to distance themselves from IRA violence , and during the campaign they called for talks about the future of Ireland with all parties to the conflict . |
| 37 | At that meeting the party changed its name , trying to distance itself from the word that connected it to communism . |
| 38 | As you know , Mr. Speaker , the new model Labour party has been assiduously trying to distance itself from its Bolshevik friends . |
| 39 | The lift was small and Rain was trying to distance herself from Oliver without pressing up against Wickham . |
| 40 | Even trying to shield herself from him , she could feel that void in him that he wanted her to fill . |
| 41 | Trying to defend himself from the verbal barrage , Col Mladenovic moved closer to his two bodyguards and said softly : ‘ You people left the Army . |
| 42 | ‘ Are you here for the trial ? ’ she asked Suvarov , trying to stop herself from thinking about those feelings . |