Example sentences of "[vb infin] [vb pp] of the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pete gave another look over the Princess , and wondered what Ted would have thought of the berthing arrangements had he been here to see them . |
| 2 | There was no [ overt ] Dionysiac worship among the Greeks at this time ; and though they must have known of the near-Eastern festivals , the savage excesses of those cults were totally alien to them , at least on a conscious level , and were rejected uncompromisingly . |
| 3 | But there 's still the need to first get rid of the modern slums which replaced the Victorian slums standing when the tower block was just a few lines on an architect 's sketch board . |
| 4 | The first woman president of the Co-operative Congress , Margaret Llewelyn Davies in the year of her retirement , 1922 , declared : ‘ Our programme transfers the power of capitalism into the hands of the people organised democratically as consumers ; makes capital the servant of labour ; allows for a partnership with the workers ; abolishes profit , socialises rent , and will ultimately get rid of the present wages system . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You stay here and think it over quietly — ’ he put another glass of wine in her hand — ‘ and I 'll go and see if I can get rid of the remaining folks . ’ |
| 6 | Private companies can get rid of the pre-emptive rights — by altering their articles , again by special resolution — unless and until the articles are altered by deleting the relevant clause . |
| 7 | It would never get rid of the damned things permanently but at least it would give the Ryans a breathing space . |