Example sentences of "[to-vb] off [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor has the Department decided whether it is going to contribute towards the considerable capital cost of new computers , causing doctors to put off to the last minute a decision on which system to choose . |
| 2 | Dispatch contains the sense of ’ , ‘ to get on with something ’ , haste , and also ‘ to do away with ’ , to polish off , to send off to the next life . |
| 3 | On some mornings the ducks on Three Island Pond would take off in great arcing flights against the sun , round and behind the Cages and out of sight , round again and behind the distant trees and then suddenly back again as if it had all been a mistake and they had never meant to fly off in the first place . |
| 4 | Instead , people learn to back off at the first sign that somebody might disapprove . |
| 5 | Cricket was just beginning to take off in the mid-19th century . |