Example sentences of "in [v-ing] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to design and build a range of guitars which would succeed in shrugging off the ‘ another Strat , another Tele ’ tag which other companies seem content to carry . |
| 2 | They made 165 from their 47 overs , with Robinson top-scoring on 55 , and Haynes , Richardson and Richards had no trouble in knocking off the runs for the loss of two wickets . |
| 3 | Nine out of ten of the 2/2 Independent Company were from the dry country districts of Western Australia , used to living in the bush , butchering their own meat , and improvising motor repairs — skills they found essential in living off the country in Timor and during their first year or so as an Independent Company stationed 250 miles ( 400km ) south of Darwin in the little town of Katherine with its corrugated buildings , its one hotel and two stores . |
| 4 | The ‘ harmonisation ’ agreement was successful in warding off the immediate danger of tax-induced price increases for Scotch Whisky in its all-important European markets , although the two-tier minimum spirits rate makes no sense and is hard to reconcile with ‘ harmonisation ’ . |
| 5 | Each of these things will assist in turning off the stress tap . |
| 6 | She sat up with a start , blinking , to find the room full of electric light again , and her host occupied in turning off the lamps , his face streaked with oil and his black hair wildly untidy , but with an air of triumph about him which she registered with some amusement . |
| 7 | A Borderer from Melrose , he showed more interest in keeping up the rivalry between Highlander and Lowlander than in scoring off the Sassenachs , whom he was prepared to respect as competitors and , if they were good enough , business associates . |
| 8 | Bolsheviks and moderate socialists alike joined garrison troops , sailors from Kronstadt and workers ' militia ( 'Red Guard' ) detachments in heading off the force despatched by Kornilov . |
| 9 | After planting a flag on the summit and taking photographs in bright sunshine , Ms Stephens — who only took up mountaineering four years ago — lost no time in getting off the peak as the weather closed in . |
| 10 | When it was time to leave they had difficulty in getting off the island . |
| 11 | Pascoe had sat in silence as his superior swiftly and efficiently did his part in calling off the search for Mickey Annan . |
| 12 | Somewhat less laconically , he wrote to the Viceroy in 1927 : ‘ I still think we were right in buying off the strike in 1925 , though it proved once more the cost of teaching democracy . |
| 13 | They succeeded in closing off the third of five underground conduits formed beneath the surface crust and through which red-hot magma has been flowing . |
| 14 | After that you should have no difficulty in reeling off the list , 1 — vacuum cleaner , 2 — pink blancmange and so on . |
| 15 | Yeah , I mean , the kids how they can be so agile in jumping off the barge |
| 16 | His comment is restrained enough but then he knows that Bill Clinton will soon succeed in creaming off the excess fat that has kept America 's top earners happy for so long . |
| 17 | If you are uncertain of the type of frame you want to use , or even of the very important role it plays in setting off the finished picture , browsing through the photographs in this book should give you a good idea of the tremendous versatility of frames , and also show you how the correct frame will focus the eye on the design itself , as well as balance all its elements . |