Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] off " in BNC.
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| 31 | And if we had more arms we 'd finish them off . |
| 32 | The other divers would follow suit : the ship would burn , or sink , or both ; the crew , taken by surprise , would leap into the water where the waiting canoeists would finish them off . |
| 33 | United found it easy enough to open Wolves up , but they could n't quite finish them off . |
| 34 | it 'll get mainly dry and I can finish them off in here ca n't I ? |
| 35 | If she guesses somebody she knows is involved — and she must know the fake cop in the picture — she could tip them off . |
| 36 | ‘ George they are n't going to find out a thing if we do n't tip them off . |
| 37 | It would have been no secret to you that Connors of the Globe would tip me off if he found out a thing like that . |
| 38 | ‘ They 'll be round the bend of the track , ’ said Crane , ‘ I 'll head them off . |
| 39 | We could send them off to a university or something like that so the . |
| 40 | A top dressing of grit , though not essential , will show them off and avoid soil splashes on their delicate petals . |
| 41 | They can tip you off about possible snags , — and about the shortcuts as well . |
| 42 | If it were up to me , I 'd jock you off for the rest of the season . |
| 43 | ‘ Do n't start that nonsense again or they 'll carry you off to the funny farm , ’ Otley said wearily . |
| 44 | You want the lord of the manor to come and carry you off as his long lost daughter , is that it ? ’ |
| 45 | What can finish you off is reading about crags which ‘ also contain worthwhile medium grade routes at E2 , 5c . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ And do n't ever call her again , or I 'll come back and finish you off ! ’ |
| 47 | It 's as simple as that cos we could send you off to St Andrews or something like that to er to well I 'm just I 'm homing in on the erm on the golf on the basis that I you you 're er you 're representative for a a company that does is involved with golf equipment . |
| 48 | We 'll send you off to sleep , and when you wake up it will all be over . ’ |
| 49 | It would n't be enough to find a poison that would finish her off . |
| 50 | Widow Lilian Boyes , 70 , had earlier pleaded with doctors to ‘ finish her off , ’ Winchester Crown Court heard . |
| 51 | ‘ There really is no need , madame , ’ Jenna said quickly , thinking that another day here would just about finish her off . |
| 52 | She did n't dare look down at Adam 's usual table — seeing him might just finish her off completely . |
| 53 | Do you wan na finish her off , bring a |
| 54 | If it had been anyone other than Connie … but he could hardly choke him off . |
| 55 | He seemed to think he could carry her off like this , and get away with it . |
| 56 | But if she let fitzAlan carry her off and marry her she would be completely powerless against a man who despised her . |
| 57 | The industrious biographer of Bernard Shaw has just completed the fourth volume , but it appears as if bricks , not books , will finish him off . |
| 58 | Well , that should finish him off in no time . |
| 59 | In fact , in this case the unit was out on a CDL trial with quite inadequate documentation — the only documentation we had at that time was such that we were frightened to show it to the teacher because we realized that it would ‘ finish him off ’ . |
| 60 | ‘ Might as well go back and finish him off , ’ says Iain . |