Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] off a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But the van has to drop off a couple of wheelchairs and things to other places first … |
| 2 | It envisages those visits being as varied as the need — from the person wanting a four-month placement to work with elderly people in Poland or an adoption agency in Jamaica , to someone who is planning a two-week holiday in California who wants to take off a couple of days to spend them visiting the local branch of the US National Association of Social Workers . |
| 3 | Other companies quickly moved to siphon off a share of the new business . |
| 4 | It can be used to cast off a group of stitches at , say , the last row of the shoulder ( when the shaping has been done using the holding position ) . |
| 5 | Instead of having to cancel a trip to the Blue Mountains , she 'd had to put off a trip to the Blue Danube . |
| 6 | If you are going to pay off a debt through a prepayment meter , you should get advice from a Citizen 's Advice Bureau who will be able to negotiate with the supplier to ‘ calibrate ’ the meter to pay of any debt at a rate you can afford . |
| 7 | ‘ After the third retake , he threatened to take off a bit of clothing every time the scene was done again . |
| 8 | A recent survey has shown that 74 of California 's 113 native fish species are in need of special protection , with the drought threatening to kill off a number of species which had already been weakened by the introduction of predatory game fish and the diversion of water for agricultural , industrial and domestic purposes . |
| 9 | There 's speculation that he may have to sell off a collection of Ferraris . |
| 10 | But the north London giants will have to fight off a bid from Everton who want to take the bustling hit-man to Merseyside . |
| 11 | But they will have to beat off a challenge from French millionaires Monaco , who head a posse of foreign clubs shadowing him at Forest . |
| 12 | IN the first few minutes Armagh could have opened the scoring when Eugene Mullan was forced to pull off a string of good saves . |
| 13 | Stockton South MP Tim Devlin says a new winter storage site may have been found for families being forced to pull off a site at Stockton by April 1 . |
| 14 | The crisis has also forced Chancellor Norman Lamont to cut short his holiday as the Bank of England tries to stave off a run on the Pound . |
| 15 | Portsmouth manager Jim Smith was yesterday preparing to hold off a bid from Nottingham Forest for £1.5 million rated striker Guy Whittingham . |
| 16 | The most familiar example of this is when one wishes to break off a piece of metal such as a wire or the opened lid of a tin can . |
| 17 | Down in division 3 , Hereford United are trying to shake off a run of 3 league defeats in a row . |
| 18 | The driver — a sandy young Irishman ( I mention this as it was St Patrick 's Day ) — replied brightly , ‘ Oi do n't know 'bout dat — but dere 's trouble ahead 'cos dere 's some fellow tryin' to jump off a building round the corner . ’ |
| 19 | It is the prevailing view of the sovereignty of Parliament , above discussed , that if Parliament wished to cast off a part of the British Dominions and abjure jurisdiction over it , it could do so . |
| 20 | Why did Angelica Kauffman return so often to the image of Penelope , wife of Ulysses mother of Telemachus , who was abandoned by her husband when he went off to fight the Trojan Wars , and had to fend off a pack of vulture-like suitors who wanted to take over Ulysses ' estate , wealth and derelict wife . |
| 21 | Mother-of-three Julekha , who runs a gro-cery shop in Oswaldtwis-tle , Lancs , said : ‘ We wanted to pay off a mortgage on my house in Leicester with an interest-free loan of £39,000 . |
| 22 | State-controlled telecommunications equipment supplier Italtel SpA will shed 1,000 jobs this year , as part of its four-year restructuring plan and expects to save $22m in labour costs this year as a result ; Italtel is also planning to lay off a total of 16,500 people temporarily for five weeks at a time this year . |