Example sentences of "and [adv] [verb] themselves from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus by referring to such values as ‘ our country 's values ’ , business men appeal to a higher loyalty than obedience to the law and thereby free themselves from its moral constraint . |
| 2 | A company of porcupines crowded themselves together one cold winter 's day so as to profit from one another 's warmth and so save themselves from being frozen to death . |
| 3 | We are aware that serial killers and the like are merely expressing themselves , working out their various hang-ups and generally freeing themselves from those inhibitions which might , if suppressed , make them less complete human beings . |
| 4 | They use delinquent criteria in order to distance themselves as far as possible from conventional ones , and hence insulate themselves from a sense of failure . |
| 5 | Some seem to be able to cause their bodies to cure or to prevent certain diseases and even prevent themselves from acquiring genetically inherited ones . |
| 6 | Many , such as the Bloomsbury Group , were pacifists and simply disassociated themselves from hostilities . |
| 7 | Many , such as the Bloomsbury Group , were pacifists and simply disassociated themselves from hostilities . |