Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baxter 's career at Raith Rovers flourished and it was only a matter of time before he became won of Scotland 's most sought after young stars . |
| 2 | The team physiotherapist , Alejandro Koch , has been banned for a year because , in Fifa 's words , he was ‘ an accomplice of the doctor ’ , as has the kit man , N Maldonado , because ‘ he got rid of the gloves and jersey of the goalkeeper ’ . |
| 3 | He got rid of oppositionists by proposing some impossible task , and when they failed or refused would move their expulsion , anyone who voted against automatically expelling themselves . |
| 4 | ‘ Christ , he got rid of the blanket , ’ yelped Billy . |
| 5 | The quicker he got rid of her the better . |
| 6 | He has had to gamble on selling before he can buy , that 's why he got rid of first Ray Houghton and then Dean Saunders . |
| 7 | He got rid of me and that should have been the end of it . |
| 8 | The insight cracked Thomas 's heart slightly before he got rid of it again . |
| 9 | But he would have a drink and a warm bed awaiting him when he got rid of it . |
| 10 | ‘ So he got rid of Abu and hurried on ahead . |
| 11 | He got rid of the sheets by putting them on a chair near the passage-way to the bedroom . |
| 12 | And his , and he got rid of the beautiful eagle erm you know , reading desk and he got rid of the Bishops 's erm , chair , the Bishop 's what do they call it ? |
| 13 | And his , and he got rid of the beautiful eagle erm you know , reading desk and he got rid of the Bishops 's erm , chair , the Bishop 's what do they call it ? |
| 14 | Something happened , he got accused of something , he got accused of something . |
| 15 | Something happened , he got accused of something , he got accused of something . |
| 16 | Sometimes he ventured to think of his role as that of a sparring partner . |
| 17 | She gave him a basilisk gaze and he tried to dispose of his long legs around the legs of the Sheraton chair . |
| 18 | He tried to think of a wife who had a larger car than her husband 's and he could n't think of one . |
| 19 | He tried to think of the worst that could happen . |
| 20 | As it was he tried to think of other things . |
| 21 | After his inspection , he tried to think of something positive to say . |
| 22 | He tried to think of other names , and remembered one ; Olivia . |
| 23 | He tried to think of what little he had heard of snares . |
| 24 | He tried to think of something to do or say , but it was too late . |
| 25 | But as he tried to think of his work ( Charles had long since ceased to grace it with the name of ‘ his career ’ ) , his thoughts kept returning to the Steen situation . |
| 26 | He tried to think of something else — grass , trees , fresh air , dragons . |
| 27 | He tried to think of screwing her , but could not . |
| 28 | Jane thought she 'd better not offer to shake hands in case he let go of the stick and fell over . |
| 29 | He let go of her arm . |
| 30 | He let go of Leila who rubbed her wrist , holding it close to her chest . |