Example sentences of "relieve [pers pn] of [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had relieved her of the reading aloud and rewriting . |
| 2 | You typed the articles , relieved me of the household chores and fed me royally . |
| 3 | He relieved her of the carpet-bag , and she looked around , her eyes quick and observant . |
| 4 | Craig came to her side and relieved her of the bowl . |
| 5 | There was no need for words between them , no post-mortem , as Rune relieved her of the burden of his weight , drawing her to him , pulling her dark head down on his strong golden shoulder agleam with the sparkling moisture of his sweet , clean sweat . |
| 6 | In normal circumstances the men would just have forced their way in and relieved him of the weapon . |
| 7 | A few years later Clement V , formerly archbishop of Bordeaux , granted Edward further papal tenths , and thus relieved him of the need to tax the clergy directly or even to seek subsidies from his difficult lay subjects . |
| 8 | They would become subject to the same conditions of claiming benefit as men : for example , it would be a matter of discretionary decision on the part of the allocators of SB as to whether the existence of children or other dependants at home would relieve them of the need to register for work ( DHSS , 1978a , p.95 ) . |
| 9 | I suppose , poor woman , she had been repeating this phrase for days on end to hundreds of us on our way out , and she would obviously have preferred us all to disappear down a big hole and relieve her of the tedium of wearing out her voice . |
| 10 | Certainly in my own experience I have never come across armed smugglers , although on at least one occasion I was threatened with a knife when attempting to stop a seaman leaving a ship , and once I was attached by a ship 's steward when attempting to relieve him of a briefcase full of uncustomed goods . |
| 11 | It would relieve us of the burden of suppressed emotion . |
| 12 | This has the advantage from the point of view of the courts of largely relieving them of the necessity to enter into the merits of business judgment , a matter to which we will return below . |