Example sentences of "to get [vb pp] of a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The best way , ’ said the swan , ‘ the very best way to get rid of a troublesome dog is to starve him . ’ |
| 2 | Maybe you need to track down an old kitchen manufacturer , or perhaps you 've just signed a contract to get rid of a high-pressure salesman , and are worried because there does n't appear to be a get-out clause . |
| 3 | as if he was trying to get rid of a whole cloud of false ideas I probably had about it . |
| 4 | But it takes a lot longer than a year to get rid of a bad reputation . |
| 5 | It 's a lot harder it 's a lot harder to get rid of a bad reputation . |
| 6 | I therefore wrote to express the hope that I had not appeared to expect him to intervene ; that I did not necessarily disagree with what he said ; and that my underlying feeling was that the Baldwin government , though apparently trying to get rid of a bad king , might damage the monarchy at a time when a great international crisis seemed to be upon us . |
| 7 | The problem now is Wilko could probaly sell Rocky dirt cheap and claim that he ‘ just had to get rid of a winging player for the good of the club 's morale ’ . |
| 8 | In view of the plan to get rid of a large chunk of the assets , it was not possible to say what the net cost of the investment would be , he added . |