Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Few ever recovered their status in society , he said , or got rid of the bad habits they contracted while there . |
| 2 | No one can be healed if at one level ( often on an unconscious level ) they do not wish to be healed , or if they can not trust , or let go of any fears that may be blocking the flow of healing energies . |
| 3 | She had the sort of belly that has produced perhaps three or four children and never managed to forget its importance or let go of its previous function or recover from its distension . |
| 4 | My right hon. Friend the Home Secretary commented on people who arrive here having torn up or got rid of their documents on the aeroplane . |
| 5 | Or getting rid of the old one . |
| 6 | Inanimate matter does n't answer back and if you get fed up with what you 're doing you throw it down the sink or get rid of it . |
| 7 | So , er , I 'm sure we all know them , how to stop them coming , or get rid of them as soon as possible . |
| 8 | Administering , as part of a cross-sectional survey , a series of attitude questions to a sample of respondents , we will not be able to determine which of them are expressing fairly firm attitudes from those responding out of some whim or other , or who have changed , or who simply want to please the interviewer or get rid of him . |
| 9 | The one thing he could n't do was sell or get rid of them . |
| 10 | Yes , I think that everybody recognizes that you should use the medicine that the doctor prescribes in the way he prescribes it and when you 've finished the treatment you should put it down the lavatory or get rid of it in some other safe way , but not keep it so that you can try it yourself again a bit later on and perhaps get confused and when you 've got boils on your neck take something which was meant for ingrowing toe nails or something like that . |
| 11 | This is now a symbolic exchange , but it is a relic of the numerous treaties that once were made in the Pyrenean valleys to regulate the use of the high , communal pastures and put an end to the age-old practice of trespass or holding to ransom of intrusive livestock . |
| 12 | You know , I mean she either gets on with it or gets rid of them do n't she ? |
| 13 | Perhaps he had been knocked down , or had died of a heart attack . |
| 14 | If the invention is a product , the patent is infringed by making , disposing of or offering to dispose of , using , importing or keeping the product . |
| 15 | The remaining patients ( 23 ) have remained asymptomatic with respect to the biliary system or have died of unrelated causes at amedian of 13 months ( range 5–24 ) . |
| 16 | Even my mother had closed her eyes and ceased to speak of bridal nerves , and my groom , who meant as little to me as his mother 's dog , was just as he had always been . |
| 17 | No one has ever looked on them and lived to tell of it , for they are greedy for the souls of Humans . |
| 18 | If he had n't eaten it , I would have bought the cake at the auction and got rid of it . |
| 19 | Then the other one , whom your sister thinks must be the owner of the farm , apologized for a ‘ case of mistaken identity ’ , as he called it , and got rid of me as quickly as possible . |
| 20 | It really put a damper on the whole house and straight away cheered us up and got rid of the edginess we were all feeling . |
| 21 | The lead fisherman wore shades ( ever see fish wearing glasses ? ) for the bluesy number and got rid of them for a rappy tune ( thank God ! ) . |
| 22 | The main point was , did she or did she not think that the whole ghastly superstructure should be brought down and got rid of , root and branch , once and for all ? |
| 23 | She 'd moved the furniture around at the manor , he 'd noticed , and got rid of Amabel 's chintz chair covers by the look of it . |
| 24 | ‘ So I thought bugger this for a lark and got rid of them , and the next couple of days I tried to ring you , but … ’ |
| 25 | No , cunning bitch , she poisoned the feather and got rid of her husband . |
| 26 | Earlier , as the government and ANC took steps at the weekend to prepare for South Africa 's first all-race elections , President FW de Klerk gave cabinet posts to non-whites for the first time in South Africa 's history and got rid of white ministers said to be reluctant to back his sweeping apartheid reforms . |
| 27 | I just picked it up and got rid of it . |
| 28 | If I 'd of been there I 'd of flogged that a long while ago and got rid of it |
| 29 | I 'm finding something totally wrong with and got shot of it and then things have been |
| 30 | She knows a lot of men like that and has heard of more , but it does not reconcile her to having one herself . |