Example sentences of "off [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Caruth , out of the rink since last August , was slow to warm up but once he shook off the cobwebs he looked the winner all the way .
2 To shake off the mood of secrecy , he took her out .
3 He shook off the mood with a shrug and grinned back at them .
4 Slow movers may need to break off combat and leave finishing off the Champion to their swifter-moving friends if all are to get out alive !
5 Turn off the tap , then restore the water supply to the tap .
6 Someone please turn off the tap
7 As I said earlier , one can not switch off the tap and ban tobacco .
8 Mark Pretty , Chris Plant , Sean Myles , yours truly and the chief route setter Chris Gore had to work until 4.30 am next morning to finish off the routes for the day 's play .
9 Of course at school they always tell you that you should do a secretarial course , which was absolutely dreadful , and they put you off the idea of a career in the theatre just as much as they can .
10 THE BRITISH government 's decision to pour taxpayers ' money into a new factory to make video tape for the Japanese firm , Hitachi , has finally killed off the idea of putting a tax on the tape .
11 Have I put you off the idea of knitting for profit ?
12 I put him off the idea of going shopping with me .
13 His mind fought off the idea furiously , and yet it came back to fret his certainty again .
14 GrandMet — whose enquiry to UBS about the book 's contents sparked off the row uses nine out of 12 possible accounting devices .
15 The alternative infra-red system uses a beam which is emitted from the camcorder and reflected back off the subject , the time taken for the reflection to return being measured and converted to a distance setting .
16 get off the wave either by sailing down ahead of it or by slowing down and letting it pass under you .
17 Typically the customer selects the equipment from the supplier , and the finance lessor buys it and leases it to the customer on rentals calculated to pay off the purchase price plus interest .
18 There are also trawlers for net fishing which , as well as fishing around Madeira , work off the Africa coast .
19 The Church of England vicar blessed the Northamp-tonshire stately home , splashed holy water on the walls and said prayers to ward off the spirit .
20 She was wrapped in an old cloak which did little to ward off the elements , but she was oblivious to any discomfort .
21 ‘ People who can must start over Christmas by getting out of their seats and using the switch when they turn off the TV , ’ said FoE energy campaigner , Mr Simon Roberts .
22 Switch off the TV sound and watch the newsreader ; do this every night for a week .
23 This consisted mainly of shutting them in and leaving them be — go in sometime after midnight perhaps , switch off the TV , unplug the Commodore , pick up the comic books and rearrange the covers , but that was about it .
24 Harriet Shakespeare gave a wavering smile and Keith reached forward and switched off the video recorder .
25 As Keith switched off the video recorder , she said , ‘ You 've got a picture of Liam Shakespeare , have n't you ? ’
26 Will the right hon. Gentleman now throw off the veto of his Minister of State and have the courage to meet us to argue and discuss the case ?
27 Traditional electron microscopes , which emit beams of electrons and watch them bounce off the surface , can see much smaller details but their pictures usually give only a poor impression of the relief of the surface .
28 He shrugged violently , shaking off the thought as a dog shook water from its coat .
29 ‘ Leonora , does the fact that I 've been married before put you off the thought of becoming my wife ? ’
30 Sally Greengross , Director of Age Concern England , has written to the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators urging that awards made by arbitrators should enable investors to escape their debt completely , ie to pay off the whole of their outstanding loan , which will otherwise ‘ roll up ’ on a daily basis , in some cases leading to repossession .
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