Example sentences of "off like [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | His impromptu art lectures — one hilarious fancy begetting another , and tossed off like carnival balloons — were guaranteed to draw packed audiences festooned round his dais . ’ |
2 | But the white-and-holy showed them off like prized exhibits , for they liked to make the most of their scanty history . |
3 | He could switch it on and off like central heating . |
4 | John Goodman , Tom Hanks , Aerosmith , Candice Bergen and Bruce Willis all made the effort to come off like good sports , gamely responding ‘ What ? ’ to Myers ' dopey ‘ Fagssaywhat ’ . |
5 | They can not be written off like other marginalised groups . |
6 | Bill takes a Coke , rips the ring pull cleanly off like painful bandaging and drinks it down in one , like it was a glass of water . |
7 | I believe pool will take off like American wrestling . ’ |
8 | We were puttering up river late in the afternoon and the sun was beginning to go down over these huge trees and a flight of big birds , herons or something , were taking off like pink seaplanes as someone said and the second assistant suddenly stood up and yelled out This is paradise , this is fucking paradise . |
9 | The gloss of reconstructed masculinity , carefully polished through the 1970s , was now peeling off like old paint . |
10 | Every time I came to watch them — see them riding round and round enjoying themselves — they scooted off like crazy on their bikes . |