Example sentences of "[vb past] himself from " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stopped himself from looking at any of them and stuffed them into his waste-paper basket . |
| 2 | TREE surgeon Robin Teasdill , 34 , stopped himself from bleeding to death by holding the main artery of his leg together for 15 minutes . |
| 3 | Another superb serve led to no more than a defensive return from Sampras and Forget was so confident that the American would not be able to return his first volley that he only just stopped himself from throwing his racket into the air as he started to dance for joy along with the crowd . |
| 4 | Charles just stopped himself from saying ‘ Reet nice ’ . |
| 5 | He just stopped himself from reacting angrily . |
| 6 | He just stopped himself from adding , ‘ We were n't looking for anything . ’ |
| 7 | With an effort he stopped himself from adding , ’ I hope ! ’ |
| 8 | Nathan was seated in the opposite corner , one hand easy on the wheel as he helped himself from the plate . |
| 9 | He sat down and helped himself from the coffee-pot on the table , then refilled Lucy 's cup as well . |
| 10 | He discharged himself from the hospital . |
| 11 | He discharged himself from Hartlepool General Hospital yesterday and last night detectives were waiting to question him as part of their inquiries . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The wound was not deep and Mr Bowler discharged himself from hospital . |
| 14 | SHOOTING victim Jason Ward who discharged himself from hospital a month ago has had the plaster removed from his shattered limbs . |
| 15 | He had stripped naked , running his shorts halfway up the ankle-chain to keep them dry , and sponged himself from head to foot , scouring his skin with the sponge to try to keep clean . |
| 16 | Exuberantly believing that he alone was responsible for the separation and still moved by a powerfully purifying sense of goodness and rightness , Hope paid his modest bill the next morning , left a parting note for George , checked himself from asking to see Mary , promised — though he lied — to return and set off at a tremendous pace for Hause Point . |
| 17 | Veteran Japanese player , Isao Aoki , originally penalised two strokes after the first round for grounding his club in a bunker , disqualified himself from the tournament before the second round . |
| 18 | The driver gracefully unwound himself from the low-slung vehicle and stood up , stretching his back , unaware that he was being watched . |
| 19 | He had yet again prevented himself from destroying it . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | He disentangled himself from Madra before dawn to share his watch with Bicker , and the two of them saw the sun come up . |
| 22 | Morse sedately disentangled himself from Mrs Williams . |
| 23 | He had heard the commotion and roused himself from his noonday nap to come and see what had caused such an uproar . |
| 24 | Gawain roused himself from his daze . |
| 25 | Rohan roused himself from his abstraction and glanced round him . |
| 26 | And then nothing for a few moments , until his voice came again and he lifted himself from her . |
| 27 | Regretfully he kissed her forehead , extracted himself from her embrace and sent her on her way to a virtuous bed . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | As she drew closer , a burly , red-faced police sergeant detached himself from the crowd and moved towards her , notebook in hand . |
| 30 | Irish Tom detached himself from the group of workmen and swaggered , grinning , along the corridor . |