Example sentences of "[adv] rid himself of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because Vaughan could never entirely rid himself of envy of Minton and his way of life , he remained edgily critical of him . |
| 2 | In 1330 , however , Edward III successfully rid himself of that control and Mortimer was himself executed . |
| 3 | And with Paul Ince , Darren Ferguson and Ryan Giggs all available again , Fergie is also boosted by the fact that Danny Wallace has finally rid himself of his hang-ups . |
| 4 | If Putt is in the habit of making frequent journeys to London he 'll have already rid himself of such incriminating items there . |
| 5 | His new habit of sleeping on and on to rid himself of as much time as possible and then of staying up drinking alone until very late only left him with none of his natural good time and hour upon hour of his bad . |
| 6 | It was through deepening concern at losing his alliance with his lady love , that George set out to rid himself of his wife . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | He was certain that Scarlet would never behave so irrationally but could not quite rid himself of the image of the breakfast table . |