Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | They are frankly calling their new cheeses by new brand names , making them in different shapes and original packings , selling them on their own merits rather than attempting to pass them off as the great traditional products of an unmechanized and unstandardized age . |
| 2 | Nowhere near enough , they 're trying to get us to sell it off by the back door and we will resist that . |
| 3 | So even University was n't completely on one side , and again the City was erm there was this sort of Puritan element that did n't like the King 's religious policies , erm there was this general feeling against the University which tended to put them off to the other side , but there are undoubtedly loyal citizens erm citizens loyal to the King . |
| 4 | The Goblins wait until the enemy are close by , and then push the Fanatic out towards the foe , giving him a good shove to start him off in the right direction . |
| 5 | There were no relatives to travel with her to the grave , only strangers to see her off on the darkest of journeys . |
| 6 | It was a post for which he was singularly unsuited and from which he removed himself or was gently pushed in September 1939 , but , though he failed to hit it off with the central committee , he did bring to the organisation the stamp of institutional legitimacy . |
| 7 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ I asked her to drop me off at the nearby Woodcutters Club . |
| 9 | As I have to come back to the airport to pick up a member of tonight 's convention it will be easy to drop you off at the same time . ’ |
| 10 | It was rather a coincidence that she was wearing a dark blue guernsey exactly like Laura 's , with a neck which necessitated the same blindfold struggle to get it off About the whole incident Richard felt no dissatisfaction and certainly no regret . |
| 11 | Then , as the heel touches the ground , lock your ankle and shift your weight forward with the knee bent , rocking forward onto the toes and using them to push you off to the next step . |