Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [to-vb] off the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Money was a problem because I 'd spent all the dosh I 'd got for the car , and I needed my grant to pay off the overdraft I 'd built up . |
| 2 | I could smell the citronella that I put on my skin to ward off the mosquitoes and feel the breeze beginning to rise from the river . |
| 3 | Gardeners have been inviting the public to look round their allotments to show off the advantages of organic methods of growing vegetables . |
| 4 | Here in the front cloth she is seen at her embroidery , sadly waiting and earning her living to pay off the Rake 's debts . |
| 5 | At these levels , borrowers with savings or investments must be wondering whether it is worthwhile using some of their cash to pay off the mortgage in part or in full . |
| 6 | And much of the hate and anger aroused by the bombing was channelled against the Nazi regime which was blamed for its failure to ward off the attacks . |
| 7 | But Sheila danced in gaily at six o'clock and smiled at her father to show off the triumph of orthodontics . |
| 8 | Some of the lawyers and justices , resplendent in their silken robes , held nosegays to their faces to fend off the odour . |
| 9 | The soft , tight band strapped around her arm was nevertheless a comfort , as the pointer pushing up the dial , achieving a number , was a comfort , too , for now something was being done , someone would give her treatment to ward off the attacks of death . |
| 10 | He made an irritable gesture of flapping his cloak to shake off the water . |
| 11 | Working flat out during the day , and immersed in reams of paperwork during the night , Ross had been totally absorbed in his battle to fight off the sharks who were attacking his financial empire . |
| 12 | Mathers twisted his head to pull off the bite he 'd taken ; he chewed for a while . |
| 13 | To bring a level of order and modesty to Fleck 's life Norwich took the unprecedented step of paying him an allowance of only £29 per week and preserving the remainder of his salary to pay off the debts . |
| 14 | The German observer stood up in his cockpit to ward off the attacker , but in a matter of seconds both he and his pilot were dead , their plane spinning groundwards . |
| 15 | I raise my other fist nine inches from his face and he shrieks , crossing both arms before his face to ward off the blow . |