Example sentences of "[pn reflx] away [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice it is extraordinarily difficult to tear ourselves away from that tiny part of the situation which has attracted our attention and aroused our emotions , in order to consider the whole . |
| 2 | ‘ Great , ’ he reiterated , ‘ sampled a bit of the local night-life , lost a few francs at the gambling tables , and then found that we could n't drag ourselves away from each other , so we spent the night in a hotel . ’ |
| 3 | But does n't everybody give himself/herself away in such commonplace situations ? |
| 4 | So he 's got to be careful , and he 's worried that he might give himself away by some tiny flicker of expression . |
| 5 | Why should a real man lock himself away from such pleasures , eh ? ’ |
| 6 | He had come home , it was beginning to seem , in order to finally wrench himself away from all his father represented , and not only him but the even more hateful world of the van Goghs ; the art dealers , the bourgeoisie , polite society , ‘ them ’ . |
| 7 | That 's why he shuts himself away in that lonely place . ’ |
| 8 | He would lash out at her and afterwards hide himself away in some shady corner where he would sit , his head lowered to his knees , engulfed in a dangerous brooding mood that lingered until the day 's end . |
| 9 | In view , however , of what he said about student support , compared with what the citizens advice bureaux say about student support — the citizens advice bureaux deal with real students suffering real hardship in the real world , while the Prime Minister hides himself away behind locked gates in 10 |
| 10 | It might diminish with time , secreting itself away in some irregularly attended cranny of her brain , but it would be there , waiting , finding its moments . |
| 11 | It was typical of everything Louise was that she should have thrown herself away on that dreadful Randall . |
| 12 | She 'd never throw herself away on some dirty old man . ’ |
| 13 | When Donnington got home in that ridiculous Home Guard uniform of his and her daughter had torn herself away from those men , then all hell would break loose . |
| 14 | Describing herself as something of a ‘ social victim ’ , she has temporarily torn herself away from urban distractions in favour of time and space at a ‘ country abode ’ , where she is working on material for a second album , due in November . |
| 15 | She should never have shut herself away in that dreadful place . |
| 16 | Gradually Louisa began to wonder whether her father had been right after all , whether she had been as unwise as he claimed to shut herself away in this sequestered place . |
| 17 | At last they 'd managed to drag themselves away to this beautiful paradise island . |
| 18 | Even those who have entered a deeply religious life where it may appear that they are hiding themselves away from close contact with others have in fact formed a deep and spiritual relationship with their god . |
| 19 | So to cut a long story short , in the end I managed to drag myself away from this man . |
| 20 | Since downloading the file I 've had severe difficulty tearing myself away from this game , such is the enjoyment and frustration I 've had from it . |
| 21 | This month , if you can haul yourself away from such hypnotic topics , you should find a universe waiting to be conquered . |
| 22 | You could shut yourself away in this garret all day and never come down . |
| 23 | Not a good idea to shut yourself away like this once you got a bit older , thought Meredith . |
| 24 | However , if you and your partner can bear to tear yourselves away from this opening track(I 'd just hit the repeat button , and get on with it ! ) , there 's always the Adagio from Rachmaninov 's Second Symphony ( track 7 ) , perhaps the greatest musical panacea for those out of love . |