Example sentences of "[vb infin] off [prep] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've always made it quite clear that you were staying here and that I could fuck off to the other end of the world for all you cared . |
| 2 | At half-time a note was passed to the Scottish dressing-room telling the young striker that he would be shot if he did not ease off in the second half . |
| 3 | Second hurdle , managed it a bit better , gave him the signal three strides from the jump , felt him lift off at the right time , felt his assurance flow back and his faith in me revive , even if provisionally . |
| 4 | Getting a good set of prints is not cheap , although there are less expensive rates for students and most actors have a stock of postcard size prints that they can send off at the merest rumour of work . |
| 5 | Well , I daresay you 'd know I would n't nod off in the normal way . |
| 6 | I 'd have thought any normal thief would make off with the whole bag . |
| 7 | One might speculate that an impending solution to the Northern Ireland problem would split off from the clerical leadership those groups for whom the present position is only accepted on pragmatic grounds . |
| 8 | But it does lend itself to careful analysis and preparation which may well pay off during the actual bargaining . |
| 9 | Another former Conservative Cabinet minister , David Howell , chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , praised the Budget as a ‘ balanced and prudent ’ statement which would pay off in the long term . |
| 10 | The party leadership 's case — that the Scottish Secretary would be forced to select councillors to sit on the Committee of the Regions from a list supplied by the four parties , and this was a key concession which would pay off in the long term — was acknowledged by committee members . |
| 11 | So , if you have to cope with recrimination , invidious comparisons and abuse from your son or daughter , take the long view and remain solid and safe ; it may be painful for you , but it will pay off in the longer term . |
| 12 | If she then plays 3 rounds of Spades trumping in dummy and proceeds to knock out the Ace of Clubs , East can simply hold off to the third round and then lead a Diamond . |
| 13 | If , however , the dance told the bees where to go , they should go off to the wrong place ( depending on where Gould had put the light bulb ) . |
| 14 | I should never have let her go off in the first place . ’ |
| 15 | The older horses would immediately thunder off in the opposite direction and the youngsters would immediately follow . |
| 16 | If you 've got signs on the main line saying traffic point , traffic censors ahead , you 're gon na have people saying oh sod that I 'll get off at the next junction instead |
| 17 | We must get off on the right foot . ’ |
| 18 | They 'll all come off in the first wash . |
| 19 | The collar did n't come off until the following day . |
| 20 | However the programme , based on OSF/DCE 1.0.1 and open to major accounts and ISVs , does n't kick off until the second quarter of 1993 . |
| 21 | Eventually , when the howling had subsided and the jackals had sloped off to the forest , the dogs would come back in , or they 'd wander off into the frosty night and not return until morning . |
| 22 | Often , in order to preserve peace , she would wander off in the opposite direction , to keep out of trouble . |
| 23 | After another mile or so , Ellwood saw them pull off into the gated driveway of a hotel . |
| 24 | Last month I expressed the hope that , as the autocratic system of government in South Africa is replaced by a more democratic one , this might rub off on the new rugby bureaucracy . |
| 25 | The stem of this one was easily broken and often the head would fly off at the first stroke . |