Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb base] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fine to medium paintbrushes are useful for moving flowers and leaves around , and for brushing hairs and fluff off the design once you have finished it . |
| 2 | Then you go over the seat and hang off the inside , but you still keep a lot of weight on that outside peg and you put on some more if the tyre starts really sliding . ’ |
| 3 | On hearing the Cherokee 's electric fuel pump still operating the instructor asked the Cherokee pilot to return to his aircraft and turn off the fuel cock and battery master switch . |
| 4 | In the kitchen , a major contribution to safety is carefulness when using fat for cooking purposes ; if it ignites , the most effective way of controlling the blaze is to cover the pan with a lid or metal tray and turn off the heat supply to the cooking apparatus . |
| 5 | Some systems will drain the machine and switch off the water supply if there is an internal leak . |
| 6 | It was something that Harriet had particularly noticed and which made her both angry yet hopeful : angry that her daughter could not or would not always behave in such a way and hopeful that perhaps some day Liza would come to her senses and throw off the mask of invalidism behind which Harriet felt sure she was hiding . |
| 7 | Ask for brown-bread toast and leave off the butter ! |
| 8 | At the time of Cats , for example , there were lots of offers to turn that into a film , but his instinct was to keep it as a musical play and hold off the film offers . |
| 9 | The first is an art board which comes with a design printed on it — all you have to do is place your garment over the top of the board and trace off the design before painting it . |
| 10 | Dip a quarter-of-an-inch of the rooting end into hormone rooting powder and tap off the excess . |
| 11 | Push up your shirt and take off the iron chain . ’ |
| 12 | The trouble with Quassia ( Letters , November 7 ) is that the extract is unstable , so you need to boil the dry chips for two hours and strain off the liquid each time you need to use it . |
| 13 | The first thing that Daniel did when he came back into the room was to remove the record and switch off the gramophone . |
| 14 | Remove the platter from the steamer and pour off the liquid . |
| 15 | She loved him so very much that if he suggested they take hands and spurt to the cliff-edge and plunge off the edge together like lovesick lemmings she would do it . |
| 16 | ‘ Communists , friends of the people , unite with us to drive out those who are profiting from your hard toil , those who steal the food from your tables and live off the sweat of ordinary people . |
| 17 | If they do take the hint and hang off the lid , take care that they are not knocked off when the nettles are being replenished for caterpillars that are still feeding . |
| 18 | It is possible , for example , to change the format of dates and times , map colours , set latitude and longitude lines , show city names and turn off the sunlight display . |
| 19 | It is possible , for example , to change the format of dates and times , map colours , set latitude and longitude lines , show city names and turn off the sunlight display . |
| 20 | They tub the velvet off their antlers on to the trees and take off the bark but , , they do n't do enough damage to matter . |
| 21 | ‘ We are very worried someone is going to fall down the cliff or slip off the ship and break something . |
| 22 | ( x ) Remove each grid in turn and wash off the stain with running drops of CO2-free double-distilled water . |
| 23 | They live hand to mouth and get no pension or help off the state . |
| 24 | If it had n't been for the triumphant glitter in his eyes she would have been lost ; as it was , he had pulled her zip down and was easing her dress from her shoulders by the time she 'd steeled herself to thrust hard against his shoulders with both hands and roll off the bed . |
| 25 | Scrub the celeriac and peel off the skin . |
| 26 | Some of those who stuck with the rebellion had to force their way through the Tory crowd and shake off the intimidation . |
| 27 | The CNAA made ‘ a tacit political bargain with the DES … for the CNAA to have had a dagger in its hand and kill off the government scheme would not have done ’ . |
| 28 | Most of all , we need multi vitamins to help supplement the food and stave off the sickness , ’ he says . |
| 29 | When I eventually realized that he was trying to chat me up , I decided to end the conversation and get off the train . |
| 30 | It was thought likely that some substantial Teesdale farmer might buy all three , ranch the land and sell off the house as a weekend cottage — a regrettably common practice which has been partially responsible for the steady depopulation of the Dales , particularly the more isolated places . |