Example sentences of "[vb infin] to get [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't wait to get started on the championship itself . ’ |
| 2 | We , we were you know sort of asked , is there anything I can do to get rid of the baby ? |
| 3 | I know that the hon. Lady would like to get rid of every aircraft in the Royal Air Force if she could . |
| 4 | Q SHOULD I try to get rid of the large number of slugs and snails which have got into my compost bin ? |
| 5 | You 'd have to get rid of a lot of your assumptions before you could fully appreciate why I could n't live with a man I do n't love , or I do n't think you could ever understand why I ca n't accept to be maintained , to put myself at the disposal of another , be in another 's company twenty-four hours a day , share another 's pleasures and pains — and so on . ’ |
| 6 | In which case , I would have to get rid of the flowers . |
| 7 | Although we certainly do not wish to get diverted into a consideration of the nominal patterns of English , we may mention that even in a case like : ( 6 ) Claudia is a bus-driver we have no doubt that the relation is still one of equation . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't wish to get meshed in the weeds — use your discretion . ’ |
| 9 | The calculation behind the memorial was naturally that most of the women would leave to get married within a few years . |
| 10 | However , I do not intend to get embroiled in the arguments between the districts and the counties . |
| 11 | She was very , she did n't really want to get rid of the baby , not really , I think I think perhaps somebody had put the idea into her head you 've got enough children you should n't have any more . |
| 12 | Because I do n't want to get smacked in the mouth . ’ |
| 13 | Yes I 'd love to get rid of a lot of them but I 'm yo you have got two ongoing problems both of which need to be treated so I think to start er cutting things out could make you a lot worse . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't ask to get hit on the head — or to intrude on your private property , Dr Vaughan . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ These tablets should help to get rid of the migraine . |