Example sentences of "[adv] rid of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Undoubtedly , this reorganization of the Northumbrian Church pleased Theodore , who secured the establishment o additional bishoprics north of the Humber , and Ecgfrith , who was not only rid of a bishop whom he did not want but able also to secure the appointment of men whom he personally favoured , men generally prepared to deal sensitively with the legacy of the Scottish mission in a post-Whitby era . |
| 2 | Before pursuing this theme , attention should be directed at the other issue arising from Brockway 's declaration , the abolitionist stance , which eschews efforts to improve life within prisons in favour of seeking to be entirely rid of the prison system . |
| 3 | I doubted it because whatever the efficacy of Dr Gyggle 's treatment and however convincing his explanation of how a lonely and fucked-up boy built up a delusion both to compensate for the lack of a father and punish himself for his own Oedipal crime , I still could n't convince myself that I was entirely rid of my mage . |
| 4 | Knowing quite happily to just rid of all of that . |
| 5 | Some ceramic experts used to say : ‘ You 'd have to run factories like sterile wards of a hospital to be totally rid of specking . ’ |
| 6 | Once rid of the tasks of allotting routes and setting fares , governments could concentrate on the function that rightly belongs to them : expanding the capacities of airports and air-traffic-control systems . |
| 7 | Her mother , once rid of the armour-plated respectability of Maître Henri and his phalanx of parents , brothers and sisters , all devoted to the law , had married a happy-go-lucky literary exile from Leeds , as nearly as possible his opposite , and the half-English , half-French child had been absorbed into their slapdash household with the greatest enthusiasm and affection , and never given time to doubt or worry , surrounded as she was by joyous evidence of her own importance and value . |
| 8 | By the end , we can easily see why Maud Gonne never wanted him to be wholly rid of his obsession . |
| 9 | Ridding yourself of clutter does not just mean organising things into tidy piles , it means either being properly rid of them or putting them in or on something — like shelves . |
| 10 | They try and get as rid of as much as possible . |
| 11 | We are well rid of an ugly , vulgar and confusing publication . |
| 12 | ‘ A pig … we are well rid of him . |
| 13 | Colloredo refused , and , after an abusive interview in which the archbishop lost both his temper and his priestly dignity , calling Mozart a scoundrel and a knave , both parties announced that each was well rid of the other . |
| 14 | ‘ Most people in Wickrithe would say we were well rid of him , ’ she said . |
| 15 | Anne said indignantly to Sarah who had come to see her , but Sarah thought the world was well rid of him . |
| 16 | The blame would fall on others and you and your priory would be well rid of her . |
| 17 | From what I can gather , you 're well rid of the bastard ! ’ |
| 18 | But being well rid of him and being able to forget him were horses of a very different colour ! |
| 19 | ‘ Fellow was a damn pain in the neck , ’ said Chatterton , ‘ and we 're all well rid of him . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We 're well rid of that , ’ cried Kevin . |