Example sentences of "[verb] put off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its very length was designed to put off the rank and file member from reading it . |
| 2 | Although in non-stop pain , he has put off the operation until the Formula One championship season is over . |
| 3 | She has put off the meeting with him and it is not surprising that the two different characters clash . |
| 4 | Do n't keep putting off the choice . |
| 5 | He opened his lips , struggling to put off the pride and bitterness that held him mute ; but the slight rustle of the tapestry at the door spoke first , and eloquently , and when he looked up David was gone , leaving still silent on the air between them the name that was not to be spoken . |
| 6 | Er so , when I want to create a directory called put off the root directory . |
| 7 | I want to create a directory called put off the root directory . |
| 8 | If he had accepted her invitation to supper she would have taken it for encouragement ; he would simply have put off the evil day . |
| 9 | That would not have been the end of it , but it would have put off the worst , and Tutilo seldom looks beyond the day . |
| 10 | Instead , a store detective will look for suspicious actions and then try to put off the would-be thief by staring them out and making their presence felt . |
| 11 | On Clarissa 's part , because she kept putting off the dreaded bread and butter telephone call , and that made her feel guilty and irritable . |
| 12 | I was trying to put off the evil moment . |
| 13 | His eloquence was somewhat impaired by the presence on the bed of the current mistress , the Roman Catholic Duchess of Portsmouth , but eventually he succeeded in having her removed and in persuading the King to send for the Queen to seek her forgiveness for the wrongs he had done her ; the King however kept putting off the administration of the Holy Sacrament , and Ken was removed from the room in Charles 's last hours as he was received into the Roman Catholic Church by a priest smuggled into the palace by his brother and successor , James II . |
| 14 | No I 've made , it 's made an awful lot of difference to me the New Town I mean we 've got and the Council are very , very good to us , I mean we ca n't say they 're not , they 've had a , I 've had the gas central heating put in , I 've had a shower put in since I 've been here and I mean they do they look after us well , the only thing I 'm upset about that I 've put off the ambulance to go to Leah Manning on a Wednesday because they want me to go on a Tuesday and I can not go on a Tuesday because I have my friend come down which does all odd jobs for me you know , on a Tuesday dear and I just can not so I had to see Mr is it ? |