Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] off [art] " in BNC.

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1 If my mother wants me off the Project , she can damn well go through channels and see how far it gets her . ’
2 I do n't know why he 's suddenly decided he wants me off the team … ’
3 She wants me off the case .
4 The matters arising holds you off the reports .
5 JOHN SCULLEY CROSSES HIMSELF OFF THE LIST
6 or tramps him off the kerb and into shit .
7 The yellow shirt orders me off the bed and tears through the sheets .
8 If , or , you , I think he buys them off the man in the market .
9 ‘ There was I playing so well even I could n't believe it and along comes this kid and keeps me off the table for three frames !
10 I 'm pleased you think that because it gets me off the hook now .
11 ‘ It gets them off the hook , ’ explains one psychotherapist .
12 If she does create a new four-bead group , she ‘ wins ’ these four beads and takes them off the board , leaving the hole empty .
13 A vital win for Oxford it takes them off the bottom .
14 ‘ They have to be tougher than the average kid , I do n't like losers , but once they 're into boxing it takes them off the streets , away from the drugs and alcohol , ’ said Lol , 57 .
15 because education changes their social standing , takes them off the street and then they 're not at the level that they were , young adults , they 're children again
16 Keeps them off the streets does n't it ?
17 Often such complex layouts lead to immediate confusion , but the manual gets you off the ground with some helpful suggested settings .
18 One has to travel through the middle of Cardiff , or through a curious maze that takes one off the western approaches , along the new dockland link road .
19 Eventually this dear girl gets herself off the cash desk right and where does she find them ?
20 ‘ We need him as president because it takes him off the streets , ’ said his close pal , David Leopoulis .
21 ‘ I have kind of an idea that gets everybody off the hook .
22 And keeps it off the carpet as well .
23 Des hurries us off the main road down the alleys , past some interesting graffiti to where his yellow Capri has collapsed beneath a lamp-post .
24 still a human error even though you know how to do it , and we can not guarantee that you 'll do it so it , so it is , the , it is very important that nobody takes anything off the shelf automatically assume
25 What do you want now , ah , that 's it push me over you are n't half cheeky , no wonder Mary tells me off the way I treat ya , ah ?
26 A change of clothing also lets you off the hook .
27 Ruether does not think in terms of a God who is transcendent above history and acts as an agent in history ; and this we might say lets her off the hook as far as the theodicy question is concerned .
28 ‘ I suppose that lets us off the hook , ’ Lucinda offered .
29 ‘ Not in the least ’ , he told me , ‘ In fact , it lets us off the hook and will enable us to have more freedom perhaps than before ’ .
30 He worries that the children would be upset when they saw it , so he rubs it off the wall .
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