Example sentences of "[vb -s] [to-vb] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When vicar , Derek Sawyer retires , the church wants to sell off the land for housing . |
| 2 | Although he clearly wants to walk off the boat , the ambulance crew scramble on board and clamp him onto a stretcher , so firmly that I wonder if they think he might punch them . |
| 3 | The bid price is what the company will give the client , and the offer price is which the client has to buy off the company . |
| 4 | Meanwhile , Riddler has to fight off the attentions of Seemore , a vagrant who has been driven mad with desire for her body . |
| 5 | Marche is for the traveller who wants to turn off the tourist trail , to give the show places a miss , and get to know the green heartland of Italy , the not so self-conscious Italy . |
| 6 | When the rash fails to appear ; child is very cold yet wants to kick off the covers ; desires fresh air ; rather pinched face ; may have profuse diarrhoea . |
| 7 | There is an intense thirst and the patient wants to throw off the bedclothes . |
| 8 | FUNNY GIRL : Pauline Daniels plans to laugh off the ageing process |
| 9 | Then carefully go through your list , item by item , noting any idea which seems to leap off the page , makes you tingle or glow , or releases energy somewhere in your body . |
| 10 | With the latest ‘ S ’ series , and other new models either recently introduced or about to be , Mercedes aims to head off the challenge posed by a stream of new models from an arch-rival that has stuck to its last , BMW , and the looming threat posed by a fleet of new Japanese luxury models . |
| 11 | Charterhouse Tilney , the agency broker , continues to pick off the City 's rising stars with consumate ease . |
| 12 | Late one night she forgets to turn off the gas after heating up some left-over mutton vindaloo , and a loud explosion rocks the mansion as Tracey 's beautiful designer kitchen goes up in smoke . |
| 13 | Natal needed seven runs to win off the last ball against Transvaal in the semi finals of our Benson & Hedges day/night series . |
| 14 | His eyes are already lining up the entry point as he begins to ease off the front brake and apply handlebar and footrest pressure to steer the bike . |
| 15 | Polly James , as the matchmaker Frosine , is energetic and endlessly scheming as she attempts to marry off the daughter and her lover Valère , who is masquerading as the Miser 's steward , and the son and Mariane , who is also the object of the father 's desire . |
| 16 | It also helps when the time comes to break off the affair , because you can talk about the money instead of feelings and love and messy , painful stuff like that . |
| 17 | Within four or five minutes , yet seeming like an eternity , the line begins to peel off the open spool , slowly at first but beginning to pick up momentum as each second passes . |