Example sentences of "[to-vb] off a [noun sg] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other companies quickly moved to siphon off a share of the new business . |
| 2 | The driver — a sandy young Irishman ( I mention this as it was St Patrick 's Day ) — replied brightly , ‘ Oi do n't know 'bout dat — but dere 's trouble ahead 'cos dere 's some fellow tryin' to jump off a building round the corner . ’ |
| 3 | Erm er changes in the central charges which always intrigues me I 'd like to know and erm if I may go back to erm paragraph seven where we 're saying you know allocated thirty five thousand in the committee development over and above the effects of inflation an and this subject six thousand seven hundred recycled savings is available for some revenue development or mortgage charges and then if we look at eight and shortfall in planning applications we are going to use that six thousand seven hundred to write off a shortfall in the planning applications . |
| 4 | A third technique was to sell off a proportion of the whole operation , as it did with British Telecom , British Gas , British Aerospace , and Britoil ; and British Rail was made to sell off its hotels . |
| 5 | Emerson noticed this propensity of flags to make ordinary people ‘ poets and mystics ’ , to set off a tingle in the blood ; and flags were festooned round Iran-contra like bunting , exceedingly hard Brought to trial , the players could not believe that their love for their country had caused them to commit crimes ; and the light penalties handed down to all these men , with only Poindexter receiving a jail sentence , suggested that the judges , to some degree , accepted patriotism in mitigation . |
| 6 | It comes in a long roll of 20m , and has a neat perforator which enables you to tear off a strip to the correct length . |
| 7 | Instead of having to cancel a trip to the Blue Mountains , she 'd had to put off a trip to the Blue Danube . |
| 8 | It is the prevailing view of the sovereignty of Parliament , above discussed , that if Parliament wished to cast off a part of the British Dominions and abjure jurisdiction over it , it could do so . |
| 9 | A computer enthusiast in Britain used one last week to run off a copy of a £35 program in a little over four minutes . |
| 10 | The crisis has also forced Chancellor Norman Lamont to cut short his holiday as the Bank of England tries to stave off a run on the Pound . |
| 11 | Finally , and perhaps most significantly of all , test cases may be used as political catalysts ‘ to spark off a process in the political arena , ( Prosser , 1983 , p. 5 ) in the hope of extending the rights of those concerned . |
| 12 | If you are going to pay off a debt through a prepayment meter , you should get advice from a Citizen 's Advice Bureau who will be able to negotiate with the supplier to ‘ calibrate ’ the meter to pay of any debt at a rate you can afford . |
| 13 | To get off a train with a total stranger … |