Example sentences of "[prep] themselves from " in BNC.

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1 They need to be rooted out of themselves from time to time .
2 Sometimes they fear that the strength of their passion will so endanger relationships which are important to them that they will shut down parts in themselves from which they believe the threat comes .
3 Unfortunately , left to themselves , many of the farmers who were between 45–64 years of age and had little formal training , saw little benefit to themselves from attendance at training courses .
4 The Six each saw benefits to themselves from joining the Common Market and hence signed the treaty of Rome .
5 The British raiders had the race to themselves from the final turn as Jodami overhauled his chief rival in an exciting duel that was only decided on the line .
6 They probably ripped it off themselves from a Hollywood still .
7 This illustrates the line to be drawn between credit which people genuinely choose for themselves from a range of options , and credit which they use and go on using almost automatically — credit which is therefore not entirely subject to the healthy influence of open competition and free consumer choice .
8 There 's nothing important in any of these locations , and if the adventurers fancy a bath they 'll have to fetch water for themselves from the well outside ( location 8 ) and heat it somehow .
9 At some time or other the twin siren songs of forward and backward integration have led most large companies to do everything for themselves from manufacturing their own plant and spares , sometimes even as far as owning their own retail outlets .
10 I always tell such guys to try to look at themselves from behind !
11 The table documents a growth in the proportion of those living by themselves from around 10 per cent in 1945 to over one-third in 1980 .
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