Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] rid " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it was not now so easy to get rid of Anselm : he refused either to comply with Henry 's demand or leave the country , and for the next few weeks he lived quietly on his manors . |
| 2 | But it was not so easy to get rid of the cosmological constant . |
| 3 | Tried ever so hard to get rid but she could n't , she did n't get rid of it , the other two did . |
| 4 | Suddenly it seemed all important to get rid of the terrible thing . |
| 5 | That 's why it 's so difficult to get rid of them . |
| 6 | Although uranium can be put to use , and used up , as fuel in existing reactors , plutonium is much harder to get rid of . |
| 7 | Was it possible that he was connected with ‘ my lord — Mr Smith ’ , who had seemed so anxious to get rid of them ? |
| 8 | ‘ You seemed so eager to get rid of me . |
| 9 | It might be possible to get rid of some of these problems without getting rid of the pleasure , even if it is not possible to get rid of the addictions . |
| 10 | And since those countries that have nuclear weapons are not disposed to get rid of them , some testing is needed to make sure that those they keep still work . |
| 11 | Erm no I I honestly do n't think that er that the the problem is as big as as big as you you say it is and I I think the the structures are there to deal with that and if if people had you know if people used them then they would they would work and they from time to time that they are used and you know it it is not impossible to get rid of rid of a teacher in in the way you are suggesting . |
| 12 | There are plenty of these and we are not likely to get rid of them . |
| 13 | She was jolly glad to get rid of me . |
| 14 | I do n't know how long they 're staying but when they come here it is usually impossible to get rid of them . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It would be difficult to introduce a rationing system but even more difficult to get rid of it . |
| 16 | This sort of nasal overdrive sound , reminiscent of a blocked sinus ( and about as difficult to get rid of ) , dogs many a small combo amp and I was surprised not to find it in abundance on both VGs . |
| 17 | It is quite clear getting rid of the Wages Councils would result in lower wages , poor jobs , and a move away from equal pay . |
| 18 | Something told her that once she let this irrepressible man weave his way into the fabric of her life it would be almost impossible to get rid of him . |
| 19 | There are certain smells and there 's er effluent problems and very often they 're quite glad to get rid of the tanneries if they 're anywhere near the middle of the towns . |
| 20 | He seemed unusually anxious to get rid of her , and that was n't due to his embarrassment at being rejected and shown up in front of his friends as a bully . |
| 21 | Captain Hamilton , living in a modest flat in Fulham , was only too relieved to get rid of the house and the whole burden of debt . |
| 22 | But at the same time it 's very hard to get rid of something as large as the psychic fear of famine . |
| 23 | That 's why it 's very very hard to get rid of the guns in America , cos there 's so many about . |
| 24 | If you know the right people it should n't be too hard to get rid of birds like mine . ’ |
| 25 | Those of the Church of England are very glad to get rid of Popery , but they will not be contented to Part with their Church into the bargain … |
| 26 | Eyes looking back and I 'd got the old bit moving all the time keeping , he said righto get out , you 're leading me , they were too pleased to get rid of them . |
| 27 | For some consultants , a waiting list was a badge of status and district health authorities were n't too anxious to get rid of them because they were used by MPs to reinforce claims for more resources . |
| 28 | But , in our case , it was the one that we were very keen to get rid of . |