Example sentences of "[pron] off [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | But erm as I say , they did er , the people did but you never got nothing off the government for it and er , I 've always said it , he must have been a much better man than I thought he was because er , er , to go as I say from what it was in those days to start his own business and that . |
2 | Mm do you have to take them off every time you wash it ? |
3 | It 's what we used to do if we took them off a line and got them cleaning up , it 's a token tow pound ten a day . |
4 | Henry Higgs noticed these stones too and how they ‘ used to take them off the windowsill on the way back one by one ’ . |
5 | Hibs face a real test of character at Firhill tomorrow after Hearts knocked them off the top of the table . |
6 | Every time he came home he had to scoop them off the surface . |
7 | ‘ Good thing it 's Curtius , ’ Magda said , ‘ if'n he blows his brains out , at least we wo n't be all day scraping them off the floor . |
8 | Down below the bridge , he knew , about eight or nine shambling street people would be setting up the plastic pallets and bakers ' trays that would keep them off the floor for the night . |
9 | Once aboard , she found she could let them off the leash . |
10 | ‘ You can take them off the instant you do n't need them for reading . ’ |
11 | Allison , who took over Rovers four games ago after the sacking of Dennis Rofe , has already hauled them off the bottom of the table and claims they are going to be a force to be reckoned with . |
12 | This win over their local rivals now means Rovers ' record under Big Mal 's vibrant leadership is one defeat followed by a run of one draw and three victories which have lifted them off the bottom of the table . |
13 | A vital win for Oxford it takes them off the bottom . |
14 | the goal of the week … has to be the United winner against Stoke … it lifted them off the bottom of the table … |
15 | And it could take more than a change of luck to lift them off the bottom of the table . |
16 | A lot of them off the field which have got nothing of course to do with him . |
17 | If she does create a new four-bead group , she ‘ wins ’ these four beads and takes them off the board , leaving the hole empty . |
18 | Throw them off the board on purpose and , you know you lose all your money ! |
19 | ‘ Oh you have n't taken them off the tree ? ’ |
20 | ‘ We played them off the park for the first 25 minutes of the second half . ’ |
21 | Lukic was panicking , dealing with Newsome 's backpasses by drilling them off the park headlong into the stands . |
22 | If a hawk flies over or a snake appears , he lets the young hop up under his wing and lifts them off the lily pads so that only their legs can be seen hanging down . |
23 | More recently Hairy Hands has been reported as wresting steering wheels from drivers ' hands and forcing them off the road , often causing appalling accidents . |
24 | Not long ago , my parents were driving home late at night when , for no apparent reason , a car full of men tried to force them off the road . |
25 | A garage would be nice and as we 've got two cars so although a garage is vital if we as long as we can get them off the road that would be an advantage |
26 | Oh and you kept them off the road did you ? |
27 | Characters , drawings , etc , that can be transferred to the artwork by rubbing them off the back of the transfer sheet . |
28 | Erm , it was not possible to get your views in , as it were , personnel terms rather than financial terms on that er report , but er as it were on your behalf , we supported the Treasurer 's er recommendation for reasons set out in paragraph one four , and if I can er explain that for you a little little more , de-regulation could mean , that each employing authority has it 's own scheme of superannuation , or not , and if not would simply leave employees in a position of taking them off the state scheme S E R P S or going for a personal pension . |
29 | They were quickly spotted by a police patrol who ushered them off the motorway and down the A41 slip road . |
30 | either erm because redundancies are coming up , or Imperial trustees down , they were just got ridden of as a way of moving them off the trust . |