Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] themselves of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like small birds , small mammals may occasionally indulge in mobbing to rid themselves of a feared killer . |
| 2 | The picture is obscured by the different public and private agencies seeking to divest themselves of the burden by distributing costs between one another . |
| 3 | Organisations seeking to avail themselves of this opportunity need to catch a high speed train pretty quickly ! ’ |
| 4 | There are suggestions both of imprisonment and refuge ; women marooned in their own glamour , yet struggling to free themselves of its oppression . |
| 5 | As a disincentive to landlords wishing to rid themselves of " sitting tenants " , Parliament inserted into the Housing Act 1988 a strengthening of harassment remedies . |
| 6 | ( i ) Ballot At the start of each session , all Members wishing to promote legislation ( or , more realistically , wishing to avail themselves of the opportunity of securing publicity for a cause ) may enter their names on a ballot . |
| 7 | Staff wishing to avail themselves of this flexitime arrangement should discuss it in the first instance with their line manager . |
| 8 | Anyone wishing to avail themselves of this facility should contact the Hotel direct . |
| 9 | Having divested themselves of their overstocks , they are now issuing some exciting new products and are showing signs of a return to profitability . |
| 10 | For example , it could well have been that families of cave dwellers came to realise that it was possible that they could agree to respect the privacy and boundaries of their respective homes , and by so doing relieve themselves of the eternal vigilance likely to be necessary in the absence of such agreement . |