Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [pron] off [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I have I posted it off during the week to My Weekly , because I thought because the it was about a girl in all trouble , I think it |
| 2 | The boot blacking came off on my hands and I wiped it off on the side of the bed . |
| 3 | I push myself off from the wall and walk across . |
| 4 | Like , I did n't know whether to believe him or not , but you 'd feel wick if he was n't spoofing , so I let him off with a caution . |
| 5 | But I finish them off in the er in it . |
| 6 | So , will you join me , or should I drop you off at the nearest station ? ’ |
| 7 | Then someone tipped me off about a US material used for bow and kite strings . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ He kissed me on the cheek and I waved him off at the door and watched TV before going to bed . |
| 9 | ‘ As my mother no longer had means to live , she died ; and I took myself off to the south in search of more sunshine and a master who asked no questions . ’ |
| 10 | On one occasion , when Miss Mayhew had gone off to have her hair done after my lesson , I took myself off to the newspaper offices and asked to look up their old records . |
| 11 | You know I took himself off to the Park the other day , the the tiny one you know ! and fortunately I was n't in charge , his father was in charge of them . |
| 12 | Jack , Willy , Rex and I took ourselves off to the Lamb Inn for lunch and put away as much ale and steak and kidney pie as four young men could desire . |
| 13 | I shut myself off from the female race and channelled all my energy into my work . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I am sure it was my accounts of my experiences which set her off on the same route . |
| 16 | She is already at work on her next disc , but what of that Rodrigo concerto which set her off in the first place ? |
| 17 | After exchanging a few words with him , she led him off into a corner . |
| 18 | Bull terrier Bronson had already done battle with two workmen — who fought it off with a shovel — before turning on Questa . |
| 19 | She passed it off as a joke , furious that she had given herself away . |
| 20 | Florence was moving from one foot to the other as she helped her off with the coat . |
| 21 | The rating system was corrupt ; they said they were protecting the family unit and thus you got ‘ X ’ if you suck a tit and ‘ GP ’ if you cut it off with a sword . ’ |
| 22 | What she did n't bargain on was you whisking her off to the country and locking all the doors . |
| 23 | Self-styled funniest programme on telly HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU dusts itself off after a very poor return to the screen last week with well-known wit Charles Kennedy of the Liberal Democrats . |
| 24 | For one terrifying moment she thought he was going to subdue her again but she threw him off with a shove . |
| 25 | But as Clyde touched her arm at the elbow , a gesture both proprietorial and questioning , she shook him off with a mouthful of venomous obscenities . |
| 26 | She shows it off with a giggle . |
| 27 | Number one was Bob Dylan and she cut it off after the first sneering words of despair . |
| 28 | Can you drop me off at the apartment on your way home , Sergei ? |
| 29 | Indeed , it is more than two years since she had her last lesson — a half-hour check-up from the man who started her off as a 12-year-old . |
| 30 | She took herself off to the library , read all she could , and ordered a set of language tapes . |