Example sentences of "and [v-ing] [vb pp] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think one sees it by the change in the structure of big business , by so many management buy-outs and the realisation that size is not everything ; large companies concentrating more on their core businesses and getting rid of peripheral businesses and spending more on research and development in supporting core businesses . |
| 2 | With a background in ICI 's pharmaceutical and paints operations , he told The Economist a year ago that a case could be made for hanging onto the jewels and getting rid of the tarnished tinsel . |
| 3 | And getting rid of an unwelcome ruler would not actually be novel ; it had happened twice in the fifteenth century , to James I and James III . |
| 4 | And the growth of these herbs was in turn encouraged by the Aboriginal people — paradoxically , by setting fire to them , and getting rid of whatever was rank . |
| 5 | And I think this , you know , to have a classless society all these things have to be covered , not just the rich and poor , oh and getting rid of the monarchy . |
| 6 | The figures for this year show that £20 million-worth of coal will be imported to Britain by the end of December — the equivalent of closing 20 average-sized pits and getting rid of between 20,000 and 25,000 miners by throwing them on the scrap heap . |
| 7 | So my work deals with many forms , including self-analysis , inhabiting the centre of the web , inhabiting the theories , but also populism and out own catharsis with vulgarity and getting rid of our shame . |
| 8 | For the bride , particularly if they are using her old bedroom , this probably means throwing out her posters of Mel Gibson et al , consigning her huge collection of cuddly toys to the attic and getting rid of the pink frilly duvet . |
| 9 | to put to , if we 're getting a trailer and getting rid of it all . |
| 10 | Yeah , then you better pricing it low and getting rid of it then too high and . |
| 11 | The skills of boxing , fencing and riding made of Joyce what one observer called ‘ a thug of the first order ’ . |
| 12 | Indeed , having been brought up after the war and having heard of the plight of those poor people , one has never forgotten it in any case . |