Example sentences of "[adj] rid [pn reflx] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was too late , or perhaps I forced the confession out of myself , determined once and for all to rid myself of the burden of this secret . |
| 2 | And Linighan 's teammates , astonished by his courage in heading home the winner in the dying seconds of extra-time while suffering two serious injuries , reckoned it was a just reward for the defender who has battled so long to rid himself of the ‘ million pound misfit ’ tag . |
| 3 | It is certainly true that in many cases warts will regress and even disappear without any treatment , but it is unclear why this should happen and there is no way of predicting which sufferers will be able to rid themselves of the warts or how to stimulate the body 's defence to that end . |
| 4 | The general health of older people might be improved if they were able to rid themselves of the many ageist attitudes that surround the issue , and were able to feel more positive about their health prospects . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , unlike the reader in your latest issue , I have been unable to rid myself of the conventional black and white screen in favour of the blue and yellow achievable . |
| 6 | West Indies ' motivation since that year is well dissected : ‘ Caribbean communities are increasingly eager to rid themselves of the images of slavery and servitude . ’ |
| 7 | Time at last to rid himself of the name ‘ Marwood ’ for good and all : he told the officiating minister , Alfred Martell , to write him down as ‘ James Henry Titford ’ . |
| 8 | It was not until January that EMI at last rid themselves of the Sex Pistols — ‘ in view of the adverse publicity generated over the last two months ’ , as an official statement put it — and at a cost of £50,000 in settlement . |