we decended only 30 miles to day and encamped 4 miles above Grand river on S E. Side.
— from The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 by William Clark

The worthy Quaker, however, was not to be got rid of so easily.
— from George Washington, Volume II by Henry Cabot Lodge

she would compel you to talk of the Church, its schools, its missions, its various activities; of societies and movements for getting rid of social evils, such as intemperance and impurity.
— from In Answer to Prayer by Theodore L. (Theodore Ledyard) Cuyler

There is a general rule, of sovereign efficacy, for avoiding such anachronisms: "Go to life for your themes, and not to the theatre."
— from Play-Making: A Manual of Craftsmanship by William Archer

But the baron was not to be gotten rid of so easily, now that his suspicions had become almost a certainty.
— from The Honor of the Name by Emile Gaboriau

The birds, however, were not to be got rid of so easily, and, uttering shrill little cries, they hovered about over his Majesty’s head, every now and then making a vicious dart at the sandwich which he still held in one hand.
— from Adventures in Wallypug-Land by G. E. (George Edward) Farrow

Most spinsters over thirty must have winced at one time or another at the would-be genial rallying of some elderly man relative: ‘What!
— from Modern marriage and how to bear it by Maud Churton Braby

"And ye stairway was divided in ye midst by a grete rail of stone," etc.
— from The Gate of Remembrance The Story of the Psychological Experiment which Resulted in the Discovery of the Edgar Chapel at Glastonbury by Frederick Bligh Bond

We work better together, you can get rid of someone else...."
— from The Ethical Engineer by Harry Harrison