Example sentences of "[not/n't] rid [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scots could not rid themselves of the English . |
| 2 | And if I can not rid myself of it I will just have to go into the service and begin to root out the cause . |
| 3 | But it seems that I can not rid myself of this fear of running short of money . |
| 4 | In this way , though we do not rid ourselves of the ego , we do transcend it and make it softer and enable ourselves to see things calmly . |
| 5 | Yes , jealousy is futile , but so often we can not rid ourselves of its components and reason ourselves back to a state of equilibrium . |
| 6 | We can not rid ourselves of it . |
| 7 | Unhappy with the Steads , where she was beaten with a leather strap for wetting the bed , Ruth found a happier relationship with another family , but she could not rid herself of the insecurity . |
| 8 | She had her own shame , and could not rid herself of the guilt that came from loving a man who was not hers to love . |
| 9 | The name had been dropped into Karen 's consciousness only days before , at Jessica 's home near Belfast , and she could not rid herself of curiosity . |
| 10 | Once the idea took hold of me I could n't rid myself of it . ’ |
| 11 | This was all quite accepted , but he could n't rid himself of the memory of his wife gazing blankly at the breakfast table with only the prospect of clearing it . |
| 12 | For days afterwards , she could n't rid herself of the guilty feeling that , somehow , she had brought the attack upon herself . |
| 13 | For one thing , she had never worn a strapless dress before , and although the bodice was tight-fitting and well supported she could n't rid herself of the fear that the dress would go slithering to the floor at some critical moment , leaving her almost naked , like in a bad dream . |