Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] [verb] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Sharif , meanwhile , is stomping around the country , vowing to get rid of the president when he gets back into power . |
| 2 | The pair arrived with money and dispatches written in invisible ink that were to be handed over to one of the leaders of the insurrectionary party in Spain , currently conspiring to get rid of the autocratic King Ferdinand and currently enjoying the support of idealistic and poetical young Englishmen . |
| 3 | It was decided at the last cash crisis meeting to get rid of the grandstand and claim the insurance , only local radio jockey , Keith Labone , thought there might be some insurance fiddle on the go . |
| 4 | Crowds generally thin out around the Isle of Dogs loop between 15 and 19 miles , so if you 're looking to get rid of the rest of the watching population , head for Canary Wharf , the complex will be open on the day to spectators . |
| 5 | He was fixing to get rid of the first one in the divorce courts . |
| 6 | He knew that Siward , finally , might have just enough extra power to prevail , upon which his men had their orders : to give way ; to appear to fly ; to cross the Forth somehow at the wide ford , having got rid of the bridge . |
| 7 | Th th the final the final sort of sick joke was the fact that erm having having disposed of the fingers to the theatre , the hospital they 'd got this box of ice lollies so they proceeded then to give them to people ! |
| 8 | It has not escaped the fate of having to get rid of the father . |
| 9 | ‘ We were n't expecting this but we have been campaigning to get rid of the car tax for 20 years . |
| 10 | Although they will gallop around trying to get rid of the bot-fly , they seem to quickly discover that the bot will not follow them into the dense shade of a shelter shed or stable . |
| 11 | If were to drink a litre of sea water , we would actually lose an extra third of a litre of water from our bodies in trying to get rid of the salt , and also run the risk of severe damage to the kidneys . |
| 12 | I sat up and she was kneeling beside me , picking at herself disgustedly , trying to get rid of the fungi and moulds . |
| 13 | And th , think they 're having a real problem in Birmingham as well the they 're , trying to get rid of them and they 're down the sewers all the time trying to get rid of the bloody things ! |