Example sentences of "[vb mod] get [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must get rid of that child . |
| 2 | I know it is disappointing , but you must get rid of them . " |
| 3 | Chief amongst these had been the inescapable fact that she must get rid of Rose Cottage . |
| 4 | But for the past year she 's faced the very real possibility of losing the Inn that 's been her life because Whitbreads decided to sell it off along with other pubs to meet the demands of the Monopolies Commission , which had demanded it must get rid of half its tied houses . |
| 5 | Mothers or fathers on their own who can not earn their own living , or who decide ( as they are fully entitled to ) that they would prefer to care for their children instead , must get paid for the important work they do . |
| 6 | But you must understand , Albert , I must get married from my home . |
| 7 | ‘ For your own sake you should get rid of him — or make him live out , ’ Frank said quietly after a period of silence . |
| 8 | Western governments should be prepared to protect not only writers , but publishers and bookshops ; and Britain should get rid of its own unnecessary curbs on free speech , the laws against blaspheming Christianity . |
| 9 | The Queen thought my life was in peril , and she should get rid of my enemies . |
| 10 | WE should get rid of the monarchy , the House of Lords and the honours system . |
| 11 | John Robinson was telling us all in his 1963 book Honest to God that we should get rid of pictures of God as an old man with a beard living in the sky . |
| 12 | ‘ Each and every one had a different idea about how I should get rid of the dog , ’ Anabelle told him . |
| 13 | I think they should get rid of the stigma in condoms , cos what frightens me is that in about ten years time my daughter will come and maybe ask if she can go on the pill and at least I can tell her no , use a condom there 's less chance of sexually transmitted diseases , but it 's my sons they wo n't come and ask . |
| 14 | That should get rid of that for you . |
| 15 | Er okay so I think that er covers mortgages , but if you 've got any house if you 've got any house improvement loans which were taken out anything like credit card debts anything where you 're paying er a high rate of interest , then I think you should get rid of those every time . |
| 16 | Perhaps that we should get rid of all the wrong associations with the word ghost , which no longer means what it meant , for example , when the apostles ' creed was first translated into English . |
| 17 | That should get rid of him , he thought with malice . |
| 18 | ‘ I should get rid of this , dear . |
| 19 | That 's er here you are young William and that should get rid of that for you no bother at all . |
| 20 | The water being driven along the hot pipes should get rid of the bubble of air . |
| 21 | By and large , their message is that we should get rid of this Government as quickly as we can and put a Labour Government in their place . |
| 22 | Nobody stands up and says that we should n't be in the business at all , we should get rid of all of them , so all the argument about how many . |
| 23 | And his adviser said well Mr President you did say we should get rid of the missiles in Turkey but you did n't say when you know , you did n't say by Tuesday morning at ten o'clock or by next week or in three months ' time , you just said withdraw the missiles from Turkey . |
| 24 | Now we should get rid of the problem , but what about the waterways in there . |
| 25 | It should get away , it should get rid of think about it I 'd 've thought . |
| 26 | You do agree though we should get rid of it ? |
| 27 | I happen to like at least some pictures by Mondrian : you may respond to them by asking why anyone should get paid for drawing coloured squares . |
| 28 | er , from , I should get paid for the disabled games |
| 29 | Do n't you think we should get paid for these drugs ? |
| 30 | ‘ With a bit of luck we should get picked for the Russian ship tomorrow Bill . ’ |