Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] rid [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie has always loved cooking and everything to do with food , so she began to put together all her low fat lean cuisine recipes and a complete diet/exercise programme evolved which would not only get rid of the pounds but keep them off forever . |
| 2 | One thing about the strategy is that it seems to me the ultimate goal is perhaps to get rid of the warlords |
| 3 | If he wanted to survive — or retain his sanity — he would do better to get rid of the wench . |
| 4 | By evicting smelly plastic items ( see p 174 ) you have already got rid of the worst de-gassers . |
| 5 | Given that in the harmonisation process we have already got rid of the half crown and of the threepenny bit , what is the emotional difficulty about changing the pound coin to the ecu ? |
| 6 | I 've only just got rid of the baby . |
| 7 | bu bu but yes , I mean , er er at this stage they 'd just got rid of the warlords |
| 8 | Leaving aside personal choice , compatibility and so on , can I introduce fish into the aquarium when it is ready and matured and add the invertebrates at a later date , or will it be necessary to completely re-stock the aquarium , thus getting rid of the fish which are already in-situ ? |
| 9 | They 're just getting rid of the dead wood at the moment ; there 'll be new jobs in new growth industries . ’ |
| 10 | With you just getting rid of the flu , hardly |
| 11 | The Government have been most mean in not getting rid of the 20 per cent . |
| 12 | structures , their possibilities I mean at one stage they would have been at a certain level had n't got a landlord their income but that 's within one particular moral economy , now the idea here is to break that down , you know , just get rid of the circle altogether . |
| 13 | Right it goes to show it 's working so if I just get rid of the earphones . |
| 14 | Just get rid of the condensation for . |
| 15 | One who attended these meetings described Hinchley as ‘ an enthusiast , obviously highly strung , quick in thought and rapid in speech , as though his overfilled brain could scarcely get rid of the thoughts and ideas quickly enough — sensitive to a hostile audience but quick to respond to a friendly one ’ . |
| 16 | He was still convinced that if he could somehow get rid of the tension in the neck then the other problems would automatically be resolved . |
| 17 | Remember the aim here is to get rid of the problems concerning x , not to get rid of the concept of polynomial itself ! |
| 18 | I mean if it 's just economies you 're after , closing down an institution 's not the best way to do it , because the plant remains , and , and you ca n't easily get rid of the staff . |
| 19 | At the Saulnier farm ( 6 Commando area ) I washed my arm in the cattle trough but could not get rid of the smell . |
| 20 | Since we could not get rid of the rule , there was nothing we could do but try to operate it more sensibly . |
| 21 | Suppose , however , that we can not get rid of the tax on meals . |
| 22 | It took longer to get rid of the suit . |
| 23 | I threw the saucepan away to get rid of the memory and the smell . |
| 24 | The slip is used just to get rid of the excess height so that less than full airbrake is required for the rest of the approach . |
| 25 | I used to wonder why father and grandfather never shot them , just to get rid of the fear . ’ |
| 26 | I quickly got rid of the tears and there Michael was , saying wonderful , encouraging things . |
| 27 | ‘ Ca n't think why we ever got rid of the old bat . |
| 28 | Mr Ratner , who is 41 , quickly got rid of the snobby atmosphere which prevails in most independent jewellery stores . |
| 29 | then the , the main problem is rent because presumably it all , all starts being creamed off the top so , okay you do n't have to redistribute land , but you can still get rid of the landlords and the people who are erm taking away the surplus |
| 30 | He threw her hand contemptuously from him and she rubbed it , wondering if she would ever get rid of the impression of his fingers . |