Example sentences of "[verb] off [noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before his birthday the trustees paid off all of his considerable personal debts , so that he could start afresh , but the Earl was not impressed by their suggestions that thrift was required and as soon as he took control he began to sell off parcels of the ancient family lands , all to finance his expensive tastes . |
| 2 | She found herself next to Petion , who was trying to pick off men on the nearest freighter . |
| 3 | The decision effectively kills off plans for an open-pit copper and gold mine , the US$430 million Windy Craggy project . |
| 4 | Pulling off her bright headscarf , tossing off her jacket , she threw off apologies at the same time . |
| 5 | The draft document on declaring the party independent says this would not mean breaking off relations with the Soviet party , but would establish a new relationship of partnership instead of subordin-ation . |
| 6 | It also asks customers to refrain from talking to the press about Pentium-based machines or product prices until May 20 and warns that it might cut off supplies of the new chip to transgressors . |
| 7 | He plays in a definite way , dropping off scrums into a defensive pocket . |
| 8 | The right solution is to auction off slots to the highest bidder . |
| 9 | In return the National Sports Congress , which had organized a campaign against the tour , agreed to call off demonstrations at the remaining four games . |
| 10 | Skip the chat if you prefer to bomb on catamarans , zoom in Lasers , potter on Toppers or totter off Windsurfers in the local area . |
| 11 | In very few seasons , the practice of jumping off mountains with a ram-air parachute in tow , and prolonged descents with steerable harness has accelerated design at a rapid rate . |
| 12 | Ticking off items on a mental list , Ashley decided that everything which might be needed for the weekend had been packed . |
| 13 | The Special Fund shall be empowered to raise loans : ( i ) to pay off debts of the Special Fund , ( ii ) to cover due interest and loan procurement costs , ( iii ) to purchase debt titles of the Special Fund for purposes of market cultivation . |
| 14 | In a open letter to de Klerk and his Cabinet , the ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela threatened to break off talks on a post-apartheid constitution unless the government agreed to ( i ) legislation during the current parliamentary session to ban the carrying of weapons in public ; ( ii ) the dismissal of Adriaan Vlok , the Law and Order Minister , and of Gen. Magnus Malan , the Defence Minister ; ( iii ) the removal of military and police officers responsible for covert operations ; ( iv ) the public dismantling of all special counterinsurgency units ; ( v ) the suspension of police officers implicated in the killing of black demonstrators ; ( vi ) the closure of single-sex migrant workers ' hostels ; and ( vii ) an independent commission of inquiry to examine all allegations of misconduct by the security forces . |
| 15 | It is not very clever to spray and fight off enemies from the front door , while letting them take up residence outside a wide open back door . |
| 16 | Daak could make deep incisions in places round the edge , but he did n't have enough leverage to cut off slices of the strange metal . |
| 17 | HOW sickening that President Bush has to fend off allegations of a long-ago affair as he gears up for the US election . |
| 18 | Tory of course will have to fend off inquiries about the continued viability of the operating system and the re-prioritisation going on inside OSF . |