Example sentences of "[vb pp] of [pron] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing was heard of them for fifteen years . |
| 2 | ‘ We have heard of you for many years . |
| 3 | Tonight she 'd seen the way to get rid of him for good . |
| 4 | He was bad all through , that one , and they were good folk They wanted rid of him for good , and I think they were a bit afraid he might come back , and then how could they turn him out ? ’ |
| 5 | He wondered what he had done to make his parents want to get rid of him for most of the summer holidays . |
| 6 | Muslims and Jews want to get rid of it for religious reasons ; Americans want ( wanted ? ) to get rid of it for hygienic reasons and for the hypothetical reduced risk of penile cancer in the circumcised population ; Latins love to play with it , like to keep it , and are taught to mobilise it often ; the British would like to ignore it , not to touch it , and eventually get rid of it when it causes too much trouble . |
| 7 | Muslims and Jews want to get rid of it for religious reasons ; Americans want ( wanted ? ) to get rid of it for hygienic reasons and for the hypothetical reduced risk of penile cancer in the circumcised population ; Latins love to play with it , like to keep it , and are taught to mobilise it often ; the British would like to ignore it , not to touch it , and eventually get rid of it when it causes too much trouble . |