Example sentences of "[to-vb] off a [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stockton South MP Tim Devlin says a new winter storage site may have been found for families being forced to pull off a site at Stockton by April 1 . |
| 2 | There 's speculation that he may have to sell off a collection of Ferraris . |
| 3 | A recent survey has shown that 74 of California 's 113 native fish species are in need of special protection , with the drought threatening to kill off a number of species which had already been weakened by the introduction of predatory game fish and the diversion of water for agricultural , industrial and domestic purposes . |
| 4 | It is not easy , to say nothing of being undignified , to strip off a jumper in front of an audience ! |
| 5 | ‘ Hey — come on , ’ he said softly , and smiled at her as he reached over to tear off a sheet of kitchen-towel . |
| 6 | As David Carlton has written , this plan ‘ represented a willingness to buy off a bully with territory to which he had no legitimate claim . ’ |
| 7 | It can be used to cast off a group of stitches at , say , the last row of the shoulder ( when the shaping has been done using the holding position ) . |
| 8 | Green has a go at Stevie Wonder 's ‘ I Do n't Know Why I Love You ’ ( ‘ not as hysterical as the original ’ ) and he used the spare studio time at the end of the session to knock off a couple of singles for himself . |
| 9 | But the north London giants will have to fight off a bid from Everton who want to take the bustling hit-man to Merseyside . |
| 10 | THE week 's news was dominated by Chancellor Nigel Lawson 's failed attempt to stave off a rise in bank base rates . |
| 11 | Portsmouth manager Jim Smith was yesterday preparing to hold off a bid from Nottingham Forest for £1.5 million rated striker Guy Whittingham . |
| 12 | One must say that it does so by providing a price sufficient to pay off a debt of sin before God . |
| 13 | ‘ But the van has to drop off a couple of wheelchairs and things to other places first … |
| 14 | The most familiar example of this is when one wishes to break off a piece of metal such as a wire or the opened lid of a tin can . |
| 15 | It envisages those visits being as varied as the need — from the person wanting a four-month placement to work with elderly people in Poland or an adoption agency in Jamaica , to someone who is planning a two-week holiday in California who wants to take off a couple of days to spend them visiting the local branch of the US National Association of Social Workers . |