Example sentences of "[not/n't] rid [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Scots could not rid themselves of the English . |
| 2 | As the living room of his end-terraced council house in Cherrywood Drive , Beith , Ayrshire , became a court , Mr McTear admitted that even the awful price of his former 60-a-day habit could not rid him of the temptation . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | For days afterwards , she could n't rid herself of the guilty feeling that , somehow , she had brought the attack upon herself . |
| 8 | 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 . |