Example sentences of "[vb mod] not get rid " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the Saulnier farm ( 6 Commando area ) I washed my arm in the cattle trough but could not get rid of the smell . |
| 2 | Then equally big lefts in rounds five and seven could not get rid of a man whose courage failed to make up for obvious shortcomings . |
| 3 | Since we could not get rid of the rule , there was nothing we could do but try to operate it more sensibly . |
| 4 | He could outmanoeuvre them if he wished but he could not get rid of them and he was only groping round in circles about the tree he had made his own . |
| 5 | The argument goes that if we had short-range nuclear weapons at the front , in the event of a rapid advance there would always be the danger that a commander would have no choice but to use those weapons , either because he could not get rid of them back to headquarters , or perhaps to start a nuclear conflagration . |
| 6 | When he came back he had their passports and documents in his hand and it seemed that he could not get rid of them quickly enough . |
| 7 | Once with you , you would not get rid of her easily , I feel it in my bones . |
| 8 | Over-the-counter medicated skin cleansers and washes can help to control superficial grease but as the problem acne bacteria are inside the follicle , they can not get rid of spots on their own . |
| 9 | Suppose , however , that we can not get rid of the tax on meals . |
| 10 | You can not get rid of Jesus Christ that easily . |
| 11 | One poet wrote a poem called the Hound of Hell in which he pictures Francis Thompson , the na name of the poet , in which he he pictures Je , er God pursuing men and women down through the corridors and labyrinths of time , down throughout their life , relentlessly pursuing and no matter how much you try and give God the slip , there he is , he will pursue you , he will seek you out , he desires to ca , for you to come to know him , and you can not get rid of God that easily ! |
| 12 | You can blot him out of your mind for a while , you can go your own way and forget about him , you can not get rid of Jesus Christ and his claims that easily . |