1.   He tore it free, stuffed it in his pocket and returned the pad, slamming the drawer and locking it.

2.   Luce checked her first impulse, which had been to tear herself free.

3.   Blindly she hurried on, tearing herself free of branches that attempted to hold her back.

4.   And his ACL had not torn in half, as thought, but had torn free from bone on one end.

5.   Another section, probably the tail, was torn completely free and slid down the mountain.