Example sentences of "and [verb] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he was able , he fed himself with the meal he 'd prepared earlier , and stripped off the heavy insulating robe to dress himself in Tech-Green drab . |
| 2 | Mrs Sweet stood up and stripped off the housecoat . |
| 3 | He laid out the newspaper on the carpet and stripped off the bowl 's clingfilm covering . |
| 4 | With a regretful sigh she closed the window again and made her way into the luxurious en suite bathroom and stripped off the shirt before turning on the shower . |
| 5 | Sabine cried out in horror as the Peugeot swerved crazily , and plunged off the road . |
| 6 | I say , ‘ A Ta-Ta-Ta-Ta … ’ and with that he drops his book and stomps off the tee . |
| 7 | He jerked out drawers and scattered their contents on the floor , dragged all her clothes from the wardrobe , threw out her shoes , then pulled Ruth herself from the bed and ripped off the sheets . |
| 8 | Red Rum was an eight-year-old , and had had to work hard for his corn , being trained in several yards and shrugging off the effects of damaging foot disease , before finding his true vocation in the care of trainer Ginger McCain , who bought Red Rum for 6000 guineas on behalf of owner Noel Le Mare , and gradually made the horse into one of the best chasers in the north ; he owed his position in the Grand National betting to highly encouraging runs in three handicaps early in 1973 following five successive victories the previous autumn . |
| 9 | It was a triumph to see the Grand National from so many angles — far better than being there — to have the camera on the winning boat , to watch the two FA Cup semi-finals , one after the other , and to round off the day with Nigel Mansell 's win in the Brazilian Grand Prix . |
| 10 | This action brings pin 3 of IC2 down to near zero and shuts off the drive to the switching transistor TR1 . |
| 11 | She then took control and taxied off the runway as three Canadian Air Force F11s blasted into the sky on a training mission farther to the north . |
| 12 | Everybody w looking but when my father and all was there , there was nine then so there was more so we had to go in th in that big room there and eat off the table there then . |
| 13 | ‘ There was no real panic but when we landed and got off the plane the window looked like a spider 's web . |
| 14 | Quickly , we put a boat into the sea and got off the ship . |
| 15 | Someone had earlier gutted a young pig , and drained off the blood . |
| 16 | In April the protective mound of soil safeguarding the grafting wound is ploughed back , burying the manure applied in the winter and levelling off the ground between the rows of vines . |
| 17 | The rain pattered down softly and dripped off the Mini 's rusty edges , trickling to join the puddle they were already lying in . |
| 18 | They rode together , hawked together , played chess together , and to work off the convalescent 's stiffness as his wounds healed , essayed a little mild sword-play together . |
| 19 | Edward I also became involved with the Scots by claiming the right of arbitration between the rivals for the Scottish throne , at the end of 1290 , and he installed a puppet government in the lowlands of Scotland and carried off the traditional coronation stone from Scone , transporting it to Westminster . |
| 20 | This school 's Cadet Corps scored an unique achievement when they participated in the Royal Tournament at Olympia in 1927 , and carried off the Lady West Trophy against fierce competition from other , hearing , Cadet Corps troops . |
| 21 | Frederica strode grimly up and carried off the Oxford Companions to English and Classical Literature . |
| 22 | Objective : to reduce costs , stay competitive , and beat off the threat from cheap foreign imports . |
| 23 | Sites being explored include parts of the Moray Firth in Scotland , Cardigan Bay in Wales , and Lyme Bay and waters off the north Norfolk coast , the Isle of Wight and Lundy Island in England . |
| 24 | He gathered his bunch of limbs together and dropped off the bale . |
| 25 | He put out his hands and lifted off the little straw boater and laid it down . |
| 26 | In front of Roshanara 's litter , which was open , sat a young , well-dressed female slave , with a peacock 's tail in her hand , brushing away the dust and keeping off the flies from the Princess … |
| 27 | The auburn-haired equestrienne delivered herself of a pithy speech , gave the young man , now scarlet beneath his whiskers , no chance to reply , put out a hand and thrust him physically aside with such force that he staggered back and bounced off the door of Woolworth 's behind him , and strode on . |
| 28 | It was a slow , infuriating process , and as A roads gave way to B and Robyn neared her destination already two hours late , the slowly darkening skies became as black and as desperate as Robyn 's frame of mind , until the heavens opened and it started to pour — not reasonable , perfectly acceptable drops of rain from a warm July sky , but pounding , penetrating torrents that battered and bounced off the roof of the jeep and seeped in through the ill-fitting windows . |
| 29 | Ellwood filled up and parked off the forecourt behind some store-rooms . |
| 30 | They could hear the rain pattering in the grass and bouncing off the roof of the jeep . |