Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] off the " 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 | or tramps him off the kerb and into shit . |
| 6 | The yellow shirt orders me off the bed and tears through the sheets . |
| 7 | If , or , you , I think he buys them off the man in the market . |
| 8 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 9 | I 'm pleased you think that because it gets me off the hook now . |
| 10 | ‘ It gets them off the hook , ’ explains one psychotherapist . |
| 11 | If she does create a new four-bead group , she ‘ wins ’ these four beads and takes them off the board , leaving the hole empty . |
| 12 | A vital win for Oxford it takes them off the bottom . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | Keeps them off the streets does n't it ? |
| 16 | Often such complex layouts lead to immediate confusion , but the manual gets you off the ground with some helpful suggested settings . |
| 17 | ‘ We need him as president because it takes him off the streets , ’ said his close pal , David Leopoulis . |
| 18 | And keeps it off the carpet as well . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 ? |
| 21 | A change of clothing also lets you off the hook . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I suppose that lets us off the hook , ’ Lucinda offered . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 25 | He worries that the children would be upset when they saw it , so he rubs it off the wall . |
| 26 | And then he fucked off and left me and he did n't give me I di this , it really pisses me off the way that people like leave before you get round to taping the tapes that you liked , do you know what I mean ? |
| 27 | The butcher chases them off the rock with kicks and abusive shouts , as though punishing them for bad behaviour . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Because erm in her her differences in her erm behaviour towards Hastings towards Tony , like she 's she chases him off the stage one point Tony and then she sort of turn round and be all charming sort of . |
| 30 | Just as I 'm wondering if I have time to nip across to silence it , there 's a burst of shouting that nearly jolts it off the table . |