Example sentences of "to rid herself [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted only to rid herself of the blocks Ewan had inflicted on her and lose herself in a new future . |
| 2 | This , he told her , was Italy 's great chance , far greater than in '48 , to rid herself of the foreign oppressor and unite to form a great power . |
| 3 | It can take a long time for a woman to rid herself of the automatic assumptions that she has absorbed about home-making , and learn to fashion an approach which suits her and her family . |
| 4 | He looked like a figure gazing into the mouth of hell , and she shook her head to rid herself of the image . |
| 5 | To rid herself of the nightmare voice that for the first time had spoken clearly and terribly in the full rational light of day . |