Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [pers pn] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His stumbling gait took him off in all directions except the one he wanted to go in . |
| 2 | The English archers poured a deadly hail of arrows into the French troops , and the English men-at-arms finished them off in hand-to-hand combat . |
| 3 | His criticism of the prodigality of government in October 1675 was very ill-received at court , and when a pension to his son failed to secure his support , the king wrote him off among those people ‘ who will never be obliged ’ . |
| 4 | However Mhoira Robertson did accept that the rank cut her off from any real intimacy with ordinary people who were in awe of her power . |
| 5 | He admitted : ‘ Lawrie McMenemy took me off at half- time in Spain after I 'd been booked . |
| 6 | Sister sent them off with one of the Hall nurses and rejoined me . |
| 7 | First , the curt instruction to make a mayonnaise ‘ a la main ’ , though this proved much easier than expected when Eric started us off with three egg yolks and a healthy dollop of strong French mustard ( tip of the year for this amateur chef ) before adding the first drop of oil . |
| 8 | By 1982 , the bank sent him off for four months ' study at Harvard Business School . |
| 9 | Mark Tollerton started them off with two early goals , then Billy Neill , Jim Joy and Mark Dunwoody settled the affair . |
| 10 | Alexei 's sword blade swept round in a great circle and Rostov turned it off with one of the best parries of his life . |
| 11 | The master craftsman was left helpless as referee Paul Thomas called it off after two minutes 20 seconds of the ninth . |