Example sentences of "[v-ing] [to-vb] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He repeated the Comintern formula that " the united front can only be built up from below , by the workers themselves , not as a corrupt bargain of the reformist leaders and disorganisers of the struggle endeavouring to buy off the criticism of the revolutionaries , but as the solid class front of the workers " . |
| 2 | HAVING disposed of their pubs and disco estate in Scotland to Scottish & Newcastle Breweries , Stakis are now looking to sell off the 14-strong Firkin pub chain bought from European Leisure only a year ago . |
| 3 | Then they hit the main road and he opened the bike up and for an awful second she thought she was going to slide off the back . |
| 4 | Candidates include : the inability or unwillingness of the Federal Reserve to stem the banking panic and maintain the money supply ; the failure to use fiscal policy intelligently ( up to and including Franklin Roosevelt 's New Deal after 1933 ) ; the uses and abuses of the gold standard ( Britain deciding to go back on the gold standard in 1925 at the pre-1914 parity , then deciding to come off the standard altogether in 1931 ; the refusal of many countries , especially America , to follow gold-standard rules ) ; the outbreak of trade war sparked by America 's Smoot-Hawley tariffs in 1930 ; and so on . |
| 5 | Well I 'm going to keep off the Moors then . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to seal off the back of the car with a sheet of soundproof glass . |
| 7 | ‘ If it ever gets made , ’ says Howard , ‘ because I do n't think it 's ever going to get off the ground . |
| 8 | ‘ You knew that I was going to break off the engagement anyway , so it 's not exactly the end of the world for me . |
| 9 | ‘ It is just one of those things , ’ said Adams , attempting to shrug off the ultimate disappointment for a jump jockey . |
| 10 | ADVANCED VISUAL ATTEMPTING TO SHRUG OFF THE PAST WITH AVS 4.0 |
| 11 | I 'm going to take off the two nine one seven , are n't I ? |
| 12 | And Wilson here is , we might say , the future — the first sign that British society is going to throw off the shackles of racism and colonialism and produce something genuinely multicultural , like … er … him ! ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The heat was beginning to go off the streets and the shadows were creeping out from the walls . |
| 15 | For anyone wishing to walk off the excesses of the festive season , the National Trust and the Ramblers ' Association are once again organising a Week of Christmas Walks . |
| 16 | It has been an almost Darwinian process , of course , with those failing to shrug off the stereotype simply going out of business and removing themselves from the genetic pool . |
| 17 | By threatening to cut off the bank 's loans , he forced his cousins to turn the company 's management over to professionals . |
| 18 | She was triumphant , and slid the padlock out of the iron loops , intending to take off the collar , but Midnight said : |
| 19 | Which is struggling to get off the ground . |
| 20 | Turning to Naas Botha just as he was preparing to kick off the second half , Bishop remarked , ‘ We 're in for a hell of a 40 minutes , Naas ’ — just what sort of hell Botha would rather not have found out … |
| 21 | Straining to ascend off the shattered glass cigarette floor in earnest attempt to join my head apertures and their height of depth sound bouncings , I had failed to allow for their wine intake and just glimpsed them rushing past in their plunge to a new yesterday . |
| 22 | Since 7 January the 2nd Shock Army , the southernmost element of the Front , had been playing its part in the general Soviet counter-offensive by pushing northwards north-east of Novgorod , trying to pinch off the deep German salient across the Lovat River between Lake Ladoga and Lake Ilmen , and thus to help relieve Leningrad . |
| 23 | It wiped the spittle , trying to clean off the dirt . |
| 24 | I was trying to put off the evil moment . |
| 25 | Preston shrugged , trying to cast off the memory . |
| 26 | Trying to boot off the hard disk loads to the same screen and I 'm locked out . |
| 27 | Scott heard it at last and looked around , fumbling for the taps , trying to turn off the shower . |
| 28 | The commune attempts to enact its own solidarity through rituals ( group sex , baseball , potlatch , etc. ) , apparently trying to stave off the threats of such hostile outside forces as truckers and bikers . |
| 29 | But , despite her hunger , she took as long as possible over the simple meal , desperately trying to stave off the moment when they would have nothing to do except talk or sleep . |
| 30 | ‘ I know we had to share a bed , thanks to your lies , ’ she corrected , valiantly trying to stave off the dreaded interrogation . |