Example sentences of "[verb] [pn reflx] of that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's no such thing as a meaningless gesture , ’ he said , after emptying himself of that thought . |
| 2 | She was strong enough to take a certain amount of punishment if it meant that , in the end , Matthew would rid himself of that core of hatred which was slowly eating him away . |
| 3 | In 1330 , however , Edward III successfully rid himself of that control and Mortimer was himself executed . |
| 4 | It was undesirable to make an order which would in practice be executed before the defendant could avail himself of that opportunity . |
| 5 | Having assured itself of that source , however , does n't translate into a positive factor — merely a neutral one . |