Example sentences of "[vb past] itself from " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thrusting the heavy wooden doors of the lift open as they reached her floor , she precipitated herself into the small lobby from which the corridor to her room led , recoiling in dismay as a tall figure unwound itself from one of the two easy chairs beside a small table graced with a vase of fresh flowers . |
| 2 | But as she waited an obstinately persistent sound filled her head , drove itself from ear to ear , settled over her eyes and seeped through to fill the whole arena of her cranium . |
| 3 | One arm disentangled itself from the covers , her fingers curling indolently into the fine cotton of the quilt . |
| 4 | He jumped as a dark shape detached itself from the wall . |
| 5 | One of the undulating shapes detached itself from the wall and advanced towards the shining executioner as though blind to its danger . |
| 6 | In the stroboscopic view , the giant pistons were the only things moving — until a figure detached itself from the wall , its grey colour exactly that of the background steel . |
| 7 | The flare sank lower ; was , he guessed , down to about thirty seconds , when one of the black figures detached itself from the shadows . |
| 8 | This was not common practice but it reached its apotheosis in the 1945 general election when the Observer completely detached itself from the political parties and carried articles by representatives of each of the main parties . |
| 9 | While Fleury and Harry exchanged a glance of shock and bewilderment at the unfortunate turn the tea party had suddenly taken , an effervescent mass detached itself from one of her breasts , which was revealed to be the shape of a plump carp , then from one of her diamond knee-caps , then an ebony avalanche thundered from her spine down over her buttocks , then from some other part of her . |
| 10 | There was a tearing sound and a large piece of the black silk winding detached itself from her back and flapped wide . |
| 11 | 789 ( CS 262 : S 1183 ) , but whether Lindsey detached itself from Mercian control in 757–8 and , if so , how long an interval elapsed before Offa reasserted himself is unknown . |
| 12 | The black construct before her split , spun into a thin loop , fleshed into a globe , flipped inside out to reveal a hovering pink mass , which detached itself from the main bulk and drifted some distance away . |
| 13 | Felicity pulled at a loose bit of the stuff on her face , which detached itself from her skin with a small popping noise . |
| 14 | Then one end of a crate detached itself from the crates and began to steal away , edging slowly round in a half circle . |
| 15 | It had n't reached the zenith of its arc before a black shape detached itself from the shadows in the corner of the room and swooped down , taking the morsel in mid-air . |
| 16 | As Twoflower watched , one of the shapes far above detached itself from the roof and began to grow larger … |
| 17 | It was then that a familiar figure detached itself from the shadows of the trees and moved out into the dim orange light of one of the streetlamps . |
| 18 | It detached itself from the thicket and reached rose-thorn fingers into the hard earth . |
| 19 | India detached itself from Africa and set off across what is now called the Indian Ocean , eventually to crunch into south Asia and raise the Himalayas . |
| 20 | In the meantime , the aeroplane was burning enthusiastically in various parts of the field , when suddenly there was an almighty bang and one of the tanks separated itself from whatever it was attached to and flew through the air to land at Spencer 's feet . |
| 21 | J. H. Plumb has raised the interesting question ‘ Why did history develop in Europe , whereas in China it never extracted itself from the iron grip of the past in the service of the present ? ’ |
| 22 | In November 1989 Bishop Ioan of Zhitomir proclaimed himself head of a revived Ukrainian Autocephalous Church ( abolished in 1929 ) and was summarily excommunicated by the Russian Orthodox Church ; the Constantinople Patriarchate also dissociated itself from the revival . |
| 23 | The DRC , still closely associated with the National Party , nevertheless dissociated itself from parts of the final declaration of the conference , which called for " unequivocal rejection " of apartheid , and for a " democratic elective process based on one person , one vote " . |
| 24 | The new party dissociated itself from the mistakes of its predecessor . |
| 25 | On March 13 the Greek government denied that there had been any interference in Albania 's internal affairs , and dissociated itself from a recent declaration by the Metropolitan of Konitsa in which the archbishop had urged Greek Albanians to return to Albania in order to vote in the elections . |
| 26 | The Serbian Orthodox Church on May 27 dissociated itself from the regime , criticizing the new constitution and forthcoming elections . |
| 27 | Buckingham Palace distanced itself from claims of a constitutional row over Dr Runcie 's remarks about Papal primacy and the Anglican Church . |
| 28 | At that time the Japanese foreign ministry distanced itself from the Liberal Democrats ' mission to Pyongyang organised by the party 's strongman , Shin Kanemaru . |
| 29 | There could be only one consequence as the clothier distanced itself from its customers . |
| 30 | Even the Guardian 's own headline seemed reluctant to blame the soldiers : ‘ 13 killed as paratroops break riot : ‘ Soldiers were returning Derry sniper fire , ’ says Army' ( ibid.:43 ) , and the paper 's editorial distanced itself from Winchester 's account : |