Example sentences of "[to-vb] off a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not easy , to say nothing of being undignified , to strip off a jumper in front of an audience ! |
| 2 | ‘ Hey — come on , ’ he said softly , and smiled at her as he reached over to tear off a sheet of kitchen-towel . |
| 3 | As David Carlton has written , this plan ‘ represented a willingness to buy off a bully with territory to which he had no legitimate claim . ’ |
| 4 | THE week 's news was dominated by Chancellor Nigel Lawson 's failed attempt to stave off a rise in bank base rates . |
| 5 | One must say that it does so by providing a price sufficient to pay off a debt of sin before God . |
| 6 | 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 . |