Example sentences of "[vb base] off [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 To improve condition , try the Ultimate Nail Mask by Elegant Touch , which contains protein , calcium and vitamin E. Apply at night before bed and peel off next morning .
2 DEC AND THE MUSEE D'ORSAY IN PARIS SHOW OFF FIRST FRUITS OF THEIR COLLABORATION — BUT WHERE TO NOW ?
3 Get off first thing in the morning . ’
4 Mother , father and six children set off first by train in open cattle trucks .
5 Before they set off last year , Aileen hoped to raise the ambitious total of £30,000 needed to pay for two extra domiciliary workers at the Trust headquarters at Great Bookham — but it was not to be .
6 Set off last October to mark the anniversary of the explorer 's birth , all but one of the balloons are believed to have drifted out to sea .
7 Faldo spent almost 30 hours between Thursday and Sunday either playing , hitting shots on the range or working on his putting and he hopes the back-breaking labours pay off next weekend .
8 You could n't even hear a gun go off next door .
9 Take out any rocks , decor , heater ( switch off first ) etc covered with algae , and scrub them in hot water with a stiff brush .
10 But as you say , switch off first and then still use a stick or something to get them away because it maybe the switch does n't work and maybe that 's why they 've been electrocuted in the first place .
11 What the cynics overlook , however , is that when Brittain tilts at windmills , it is the windmills that frequently come off second best .
12 Dogs that bite toads usually come off second best .
13 Write to the government : Ask for more official development assistance — ask that the banks write off Third World debts
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