Example sentences of "rid themselves of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scots could not rid themselves of the English . |
| 2 | I reasoned like you , my lord , that they 'd rid themselves of the load , it would only slow them down . |
| 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 | Self-help groups can be very useful and ideally every physician caring for diabetics should have access to a person skilled in helping people to rid themselves of the smoking habit . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 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 | The fire had been doused under a great , smoking heap of insects ; the human beings shook themselves like dogs to rid themselves of the sickening creatures , which were showing , for some reason , perhaps because she was wearing a white muslin dress , a particular desire to land on Lucy . |
| 8 | It was not until the 1960s that the courts rid themselves of the most debilitating restraints of formalism and assumed a more active supervisory role . |
| 9 | 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 . |