Oh, I'll hobnob with the fellow, hand him cigars, jolly him along about the neat way they got revenge on us for the meeting, and sort of take it for granted that the incident ended when they chased you away from town.
— from Captivating Mary Carstairs by Henry Sydnor Harrison

So they've got rid of us for a while.
— from Missing by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.

You’ll never get rid of us from Compton.”
— from The Three Brides by Charlotte M. (Charlotte Mary) Yonge

This God requires of us: for this he instituted several offerings, and required a little portion of fruits to be presented to him, as an acknowledgment they held the whole from his bounty.
— from The Existence and Attributes of God, Volumes 1 and 2 by Stephen Charnock

An hour passed, and then a hoarse murmur swelled upwards from the glistening rows of upturned faces.
— from The Dock and the Scaffold The Manchester Tragedy and the Cruise of the Jacknell by T. D. (Timothy Daniel) Sullivan

“And the Captain wanted a larger share than usual for himself because of the risk he was running in getting rid of us for Jones.
— from Troubled Waters Sandy Steele Adventures #6 by Robert Leckie

We thought they would be right on to us, but they were too glad to take a rest and too glad to get rid of us, for they were nearly as badly whipped as we were.
— from With the Rank and File by Thomas J. Ford

"No, he wouldn't tell his name, and he said he was doing this to get revenge on us for some fancied wrong.
— from Lost on the Moon; Or, in Quest of the Field of Diamonds by Roy Rockwood

Well, at any rate, when he came to Lunn's house he was slowly getting rid of undesirables for terms, actually for terms.
— from The Loom of Youth by Alec (Alexander Raban) Waugh

We thus run a great risk of using fragmentary and suspicious sources of information for the purpose of forming general impressions, just as if we were in possession of a complete record.
— from Introduction to the Study of History by Charles Seignobos