Example sentences of "[conj] [vb -s] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do you have easy access to the stop cock that turns off the water ? |
| 2 | Up to twenty five percent of all water that drains off the Earth , is carried by the Amazon . |
| 3 | A son of the manse , he lends to Labour the dark Church of Scotland tones that can make the recession sound as bleak as the wind that whips off the Firth of Forth in midwinter . |
| 4 | In the Dante Room that leads off the Bedroom ( which contains a collection of early Murano glass ) is a magnificent stained-glass windows by Giuseppe Bertini , dating from the mid-nineteenth-century . |
| 5 | If you ask somebody what 's the explanation for a fact you may have noticed if you walked down the Strand here just from the School , if you 're observant , I 'm sure you 've , you 've all instantly noticed as you walked by , that Strand Street , which is a short street that , sorry , I 'm , Savoy Street , which is a short street that leads off the Strand into the Savoy Hotel , is an exception to the rule , that in England you drive on the left , because in Stra in Savoy Street , you drive on the right . |
| 6 | Not a turn of phrase that trips off the tongue of Batman 's sidekick , Robin , but a reality , or seeming reality , in medieval Europe . |
| 7 | There would be a short handover period , er it would have to be administered , but from where we sit , we 're going to actually submit a bid that sees off the competition . |
| 8 | I have a tin-opener that cuts off the whole top of the tin under the rim and leaves a blunt edge . |
| 9 | It ionizes , causes the current to be completed and then that sets off the alarm . |
| 10 | Everybody knows that it 's the fissioning of an atom bomb that triggers off the fusion of a hydrogen bomb . ’ |
| 11 | It 's a river that runs off the Medway . |
| 12 | I say , ‘ A Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta … ’ and with that he drops his book and stomps off the tee . |
| 13 | This action brings pin 3 of IC2 down to near zero and shuts off the drive to the switching transistor TR1 . |
| 14 | Sites being explored include parts of the Moray Firth in Scotland , Cardigan Bay in Wales , and Lyme Bay and waters off the north Norfolk coast , the Isle of Wight and Lundy Island in England . |
| 15 | A safety valve senses changes in water pressure and cuts off the supply if there is a danger of flooding . |
| 16 | This senses the current flowing in the live and neutral wires and cuts off the electricity if there is a fault anywhere in the circuit . |
| 17 | The Rambler goes on and on , and gets off the point . |
| 18 | The chimpanzee then pulls out the grass stem and picks off the termites with its teeth , smacking its lips with pleasure . |
| 19 | What 's needed is a conclusion that pulls together the threads of your argument and rounds off the answer in a satisfying way . |
| 20 | If a fire starts in a room ( and most hotel fires do ) , the smoke leaks through the door , rises to the ceiling and sets off the alarm . |
| 21 | Go for well-designed china that delights the eye and sets off the food . |
| 22 | In their place a gang of county council officials in yellow plastic jackets comes once a year to do God knows what , a little genteel scraping , and disappears off the face of the highway for another twelvemonth at least . |
| 23 | The usual X-ray source consists of a metal anode which is bombarded by a beam of high velocity electrons , and gives off the characteristic X-ray spectrum of the metal concerned . |
| 24 | The tyre then begins to slide and scrubs off the excess speed which could n't safely be lost with a more drastic pull on the brake . |
| 25 | Having argued this far Lorentz has to go all the way and he was forced to conclude that there will be no American M until Hollywood goes and until ‘ independent companies allow their directors to do away entirely with actors , and ( which is the only sensible way to manufacture movies at all ) pick types and faces off the streets ’ . |
| 26 | As the linker needle comes back towards the knitter , the stitch is in the hook of the linker needle and comes off the machine needle . |
| 27 | both arms and comes off the camber |