Example sentences of "[adj] rid himself of " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He was , and clearly remained to the last days of his long life , a fairly severe obsessional-rigid , indecisive , racked with doubts and unable to rid himself of a penchant for rather down-market women which led him into a series of miserable relationships . |
| 3 | The farmer who sold it was happy to rid himself of a wreck which was no more than a dangerous playground . |
| 4 | When Branson arrived at Hill 's office at EMI later that day , he found a man desperate to rid himself of an embarrassment . |
| 5 | The commission considered that ‘ no producer should be entitled to rid himself of all responsibility for the waste simply by handing it over to a contractor for disposal ’ , and it recommended that the duty should be enshrined in legislation . |