Example sentences of "he [vb past] [to-vb] off the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He tried to strip off the tape , but it was too tough and his fingers were numb and he could n't find where it began . |
| 2 | An elderly man , who was walking his pet , collapsed when he tried to beat off the Rottweiler . |
| 3 | What happened to Anna in the forest was the final excuse he needed to call off the wedding . |
| 4 | But Duke , from Portadown , slotted into second and stayed there to secure the points he needed to beat off the challenge of Tommy Reid , McMonagle and Chris Paul . |
| 5 | After half a mile he decided to turn off the embankment and walk up the side of the next field and along the path at the top of it , following the horses whom he could still see in the distance . |
| 6 | He appeared to shrug off the news but there is no question that it interjected some kind of identity crisis into his life . |
| 7 | Well yeah but he said without this card he ca n't get no money , cos he 's used what money he had to pay off the card . |
| 8 | Suppose that nephew had told uncle that he intended to break off the engagement and uncle had written : ‘ I am disappointed to hear you are thinking of breaking off your engagement . |