Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest of Europe laughs at the feudal system that most of them got rid of centuries ago . |
| 2 | ‘ I got rid of him . |
| 3 | He remarked , " I got rid of what you saw in that hole out there . |
| 4 | I got rid of everything else . ’ |
| 5 | When I got rid of fear I found we could make friends . |
| 6 | Then he said : ‘ Actually , as I suppose you know , I got rid of my first wife on to Walter . ’ |
| 7 | Would you recommend that I got rid of some of it then by paying my poll tax or doing something with it or use the money to live off ? |
| 8 | ‘ I got rid of Marissa years ago ! ’ |
| 9 | However , he still persisted in his arrogant objections , so I got rid of him . |
| 10 | I do n't know what , I mean some people may , you know , may not even perceive you know the concept of sin so I got rid of that |
| 11 | What if I got rid of the clothes and kept her stuff till we 're ready to do a boot sale with it . |
| 12 | Er I got rid of that thing . |
| 13 | Oh I got rid of that one . |
| 14 | and then I got rid of that , that dining table did n't I ? |
| 15 | I got rid of them all cos they 're all taking them home . |
| 16 | Yeah , but that goes , that goes in the lit file , so I got rid of my er with the thirty five I managed to get rid of erm |
| 17 | I got to hear of several healers , but there was one in particular towards whom I was subtly steered . |
| 18 | Years later , when I tried to talk of this , |
| 19 | As we were walking to the next hole I tried to think of the right things to say to him , so I said , ‘ Greg , do me a favour . |
| 20 | I tried to think of something dignified and contemptuous to say to the officer but could find nothing . |
| 21 | When he sang to me — and he did not sound now as if he meant it very much — I tried to think of something else … |
| 22 | I still had an enormous block when I tried to think of John as a hostage . |
| 23 | I tried to think of the worst thing that Quigley had done . |
| 24 | I tried to think of when I 'd seen him after that , apart from when we got our degrees — him proud and posing for the family album , me drunk and disorderly . |
| 25 | I tried to think of nice things ; then , when I could n't think of any , I determined to concentrate on what was happening around me . |
| 26 | I tried to think of specific areas … like number of wins — home record — goals etc . |
| 27 | I tried to think of something to say to the McLaren girl , hardly believing she was next to me . |
| 28 | I seemed possessed of some extraordinary mad courage . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'd heard of Doctor Delvin but had no idea how important he was . |
| 30 | Of course , I 'd heard of AIDS and the destruction of that immunity , but somehow that was happening to homosexuals in LA or Brighton and not here with me , deep in the pastoral Hampshire countryside . |