Example sentences of "[verb] he off [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Adam was so extreme ; they really would cart him off to a padded cell one of these days . |
| 2 | The miniature St Christopher on it had a brief treat before Sorrel cooled him off in no uncertain terms . |
| 3 | Manville knew then that Hayman had been right in writing him off as a washed-up veteran . |
| 4 | His head bent towards her and once again Jenna lifted her hands to ward him off in a panic-stricken way , but her fingers felt useless . |
| 5 | There is nothing which cuts him off from the early sociologists in his basic assumptions about the importance of instincts and their interaction with men 's cultures . |
| 6 | His family packed him off to the great University of Nuln where they hoped his energies would be dispersed in academic study . |
| 7 | The Goblins wait until the enemy are close by , and then push the Fanatic out towards the foe , giving him a good shove to start him off in the right direction . |
| 8 | And she 'd take him off to the second-hand bookstall which specialized in the politics of the left , or to attend a useful meeting , and stand around with banners . |
| 9 | He hooks his leg forward and sweeps his opponent to the ground , finishing him off with a reverse punch to the head . |
| 10 | One of Alejandro 's sons playing back rode him off for the backhand and hit it up the field to his brother who dribbled it a few yards , then sliced it to Perdita . |
| 11 | Haverford got up early , sat in the garden jotting away until , as often as not , Don Marco arrived in a small rattling car and took him off on an unknown errand . |
| 12 | Cris tried to help , of course , but as soon as the ambulances came they sent him off to the local hospital , and that 's where he is now . |
| 13 | Nutty stopped Midnight and brought him into the centre and Nails thought he was going to get a rest , but she immediately sent him off in the other direction . |
| 14 | Wycliffe came out into the sunshine , blinking ; Emily saw him off like an old friend . |
| 15 | She was still trying to get him off with a nice society type . |
| 16 | If anybody put him off at the 17th it was me jumping up and down . |
| 17 | But he knew that he was right and , much more , he felt that he was good , that he had been given this chance to act well , that he must take it and to take it would get him off on a new and better path ; while to succumb would be the broad and easy road to hell . |
| 18 | If he insists on calling back , ask him to hold on , and then play a blaring radio down the receiver — that should put him off for a few days . |
| 19 | They 've taken him off to a dry house . |
| 20 | He did n't know where Victor and Masha were ; they had separated at Heathrow , some Amnesty guys had taken him off for a boozy lunch . |
| 21 | The moment Owen had come in , however , he had waylaid him and taken him off behind the potted palms . |
| 22 | Subsequently , he was often seen scratching at his groin on the set , and , guessing the nature of his problem , director Nicholas Ray marched him off to the nearest chemist for a healthy dose of crabocide . |
| 23 | It would not be past Zhukov 's greed and cunning to try and fob him off with the wrong pie e of film . |
| 24 | She had fought him off like a veritable wildcat when he 'd slung a few well-deserved insults at her , and then had had the gall to deny she had turned traitor , although her brother held his castle for Matilda , and God only knew what she , herself , had done for the Empress . |
| 25 | Two medics arrived and carried him off to the First Aid Post . |
| 26 | Ronald Reagan has made a career out of being underestimated and the same mistake was made in 1980 when his critics wrote him off as an amiable , ex-movie actor ill-qualified for the presidency . |
| 27 | They rang room service , then she had to push him off like a young puppy . |