Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Settle down and live off the back catalogue : I do n't know , I do n't think I 'd just stop . |
2 | This was n't really happening , it was a dream , a nightmare , and she 'd wake up soon and turn off the alarm and get ready for work . |
3 | Transferring my gun to my left hand , I reach over and turn off the grill . |
4 | He clambered over and pulled off the covering so quickly her hair bushed out like a halo . |
5 | Matilda jumped up and switched off the telly . |
6 | In simple language , it is normally sufficient for the occupier to make reasonable endeavours to keep out or chase off the potential or actual intruder who is likely to be or is in a dangerous situation . |
7 | Amazed at her own daring , she watched herself reach out and flip off the ignition switch . |
8 | These initially hair-like fibres seek out and feed off the cellulose in the wood which is digested by the fungus to leave a dry , desiccated and fragile shell of wood-fibre or lignin which , in the absence of the cementitious cellulose , can not continue to perform any structural role required of the timber . |
9 | To Hazel , it seemed a likely place for a weasel : or the white owl , perhaps , might fly along the escarpment at twilight , looking inwards with its stony eyes , ready to turn a few feet sideways and pick off the shelf anything that moved . |
10 | Shepherd leaned across and switched off the viewer , then lifted the thin black sheet and slipped it back into the folder . |
11 | Harriet Shakespeare gave a wavering smile and Keith reached forward and switched off the video recorder . |