Example sentences of "he [vb past] [pn reflx] from " 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 | He discharged himself from Hartlepool General Hospital yesterday and last night detectives were waiting to question him as part of their inquiries . |
| 4 | He discharged himself from hospital against medical advice , saying he could not bear to be in the same building as Keith Pringle , the man police are waiting to interview about a 47hour armed siege in Darlington . |
| 5 | He stopped himself from looking at any of them and stuffed them into his waste-paper basket . |
| 6 | With an effort he stopped himself from adding , ’ I hope ! ’ |
| 7 | And then nothing for a few moments , until his voice came again and he lifted himself from her . |
| 8 | In the legend of Theseus , in Greek mythology , he prevented himself from getting lost in the Cretan labyrinth by holding on to a silken thread . |
| 9 | He disentangled himself from Madra before dawn to share his watch with Bicker , and the two of them saw the sun come up . |
| 10 | Time after time he defended himself from Carter , time after time the screw intervened , again and again he was n't pushed to the floor . |
| 11 | He dissociated himself from Tony Benn 's provocative statement that a printer had as much right to regulate the contents of a newspaper as the editor or anyone else . |
| 12 | From then on he dissociated himself from the Church of England , and he and Starky preached in barns near Charlynch , drawing huge crowds . |
| 13 | He hanged himself from a piece of sheet attached to a ventilation grille . |
| 14 | Richmann 's scowl deepened , but he restrained himself from snapping an answer back at the General . |
| 15 | He hung himself from the bellrope . |
| 16 | His ideal was ‘ the complete sympathy of complete detachment ’ , but in practice he distanced himself from his subjects and stressed his severity over the underlying sympathy . |
| 17 | Although he distanced himself from this view prior to the election , he campaigned strongly on the promise to " return safe and clean streets " . |
| 18 | As the front door closed he pulled himself from the sofa and watched her drive away . |
| 19 | He examined himself from head to foot , assessing without vanity the beauty that had once given him an honest pleasure , and he marked without fear the changes that moved in upon him now daily . |
| 20 | He wrenched himself from her arms , leaving her suddenly chilled although the night was still very mild , and paced away from her on the veranda , then circled back to stare down at her once again , his face set in a grim , frowning mask . |
| 21 | However , he disassociated himself from NDF 's violent political activities which were carried out between 1979 and 1981 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Stark however was keen to distinguish knowledge from ideology and in this he differentiated himself from Mannheim 's position which he regarded as too dominated by Marxism ( Stark 1958 : 104 ) . |
| 24 | It had , however , been tough being Bernard 's son , until he removed himself from his direct sphere of influence . |
| 25 | Webb 's finest hour came in 1984 when , with Derby just days away from going out of business with debts of £1.5 million , he promoted himself from managing director to chairman . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Dutch chiaroscuro , dark and sombre , would hold him for a while yet , until he freed himself from Rembrandt , Millet , and Israëls and turned to Delacroix 's symphonies of colour . |
| 28 | He picked up her hand and put it on his cock ; then placed his own hand over hers and made her squeeze ; it was hot , even under the rough material of his trousers , and rolled about clumsily over the squidgier sack of his balls ; but he was panting , making stirring motions with his knees against her legs , working with his free hand at his waistband , until he freed himself from his flies and had wrapped her hand around his naked cock ; he spat on his hand and worked the spittle onto the skin , and when he made her hold him again , she felt the wetness on her fingers , and drying fast as he pumped himself up and down over her hand , pinning her hand under his . |
| 29 | Once he had obtained a post mortem report identifying the medical cause of death , that was taken to be the sole cause of death : the coroner reached the conclusion that there could be no other cause and so he precluded himself from considering lack of care as a cause . |
| 30 | He saved himself from the sack a dozen times . |