Example sentences of "[verb] off [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here the X-rays knock off chlorine atoms one after another until there are only VOC-like compounds left , which are finally destroyed . |
| 2 | My manners are tearing off heads — |
| 3 | She sat with the chicken pot in her lap , tearing off pieces of the bird and handing them round . |
| 4 | I now understand that Derbyshire is planning to siphon off £5.5 million of capital spending to pay for extra redundancy and personnel costs at county hall . |
| 5 | It is here that the ability of banks to pull off mergers successfully is most at question . |
| 6 | Oxton just failed to pull off victory at Hightown on a rain affected wicket . |
| 7 | Given the thriving circular trade , it was easy for counterfeit manufacturers to pass off goods which they know would not be checked , said Mr Lumley . |
| 8 | Markets shrug off rise in inflation |
| 9 | Others merely shrug off questions with ‘ your guess is as good as mine ’ . |
| 10 | Peel off skins . |
| 11 | When set , peel off leaves and discard . |
| 12 | Waves up to 40 metres high have been recorded rushing inland , carving out valleys , stripping off deltas and wiping out hills . |
| 13 | Sometimes the individual wants to shake off constraints … |
| 14 | Cambridge 's inability to shake off Oxford , who poignantly named their boat the John Hebbes after one of their oarsmen who died recently , by the end of the Surrey bend was the crucial factor . |
| 15 | Biggest home win was a month ago against Halifax , so they need to find this form again to shake off Colchester at Edgar Street . |
| 16 | For all that , it had the feel of a city wakening up after a long sleep and beginning to shake off decades of despair . |
| 17 | Dogs charged about grinning , plunging into the green pond , emerging to shake off volleys of water . |
| 18 | My voice had risen a good half-octave and my hands were waggling around on the end of my arms as though I was trying to shake off bits of Sellotape . |
| 19 | Through it , Palestinians are struggling on a daily basis to shake off Israel 's authority and to construct their own . |
| 20 | The best way to shake off winter lethargy is with a good , long , top-to-toe stretch . |
| 21 | He found the teenage years confusing — college would at least provide a different background , new faces , fresh distractions and , eventually , the chance to shake off ghetto restrictions , to escape . |
| 22 | If at any point they lose the scent they fly in zig-zags from side to side until they catch it again , and then fly off upwind again . |
| 23 | This has mainly involved checking off names , shaking hands , sorting out cups of tea , making small talk and carefully noting down phone numbers . |
| 24 | However , how many times have you seen your ball deviate off course at the last moment due to someone not repairing their pitch mark ? |
| 25 | So he headed off demands for a capital levy , knowing it to be unacceptable to his party , but Britain nevertheless paid for a higher proportion of the costs of the war from taxation than the other combatants ; he was also able to launch the Victory Loan of 1917 at an interest rate of only 5 per cent , having a surer sense of the patriotism of potential subscribers than did the Treasury . |
| 26 | IN THE AFTERMATH of Christmas such multiple agencies as Thomas Cook , Pickfords and Lunn Poly have been holding sales , knocking off £50 , £70 and £100 off many holidays . |
| 27 | When you buff off surface dead-skin cells , your skin often looks cleaner and healthier — probably because of blood rushing to the surface . |
| 28 | Tennis Frazier finishes off Britain . |
| 29 | It has an unusual reach , and can be operated from all kinds of oblique angles , or even bounced off walls or ceilings with little fear of misoperation . |
| 30 | The Komodo Dragon lives off pigs , goats , deer — and man , if he can get him . |