Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] off [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take a swab , net the affected fish into a bowl , take a plastic coverglass and gently scrape off a small amount of mucus . |
| 2 | By this time our conscious , if unspoken , strategy was to provoke the police into over-reaction and thus spark off a mass reaction against the authorities . |
| 3 | When we cook potatoes or vegetables , we often scrape off the outer layer , which is most nutritious ( i.e. the fibrous bit just under the skin ) , then boil off any remaining vitamins into the water , which is then poured down the sink . |
| 4 | Smaller paths and lanes frequently lead off the main holloway , but even this may be narrow and insignificant by modern standards . |
| 5 | The aim of the game is to gas as many Jews as possible and then sell off the residual gold teeth . |
| 6 | What you have to do in this case is to strip off the paint from the binding edge , then plane off a little wood before repainting — including the vulnerable top and bottom edges of the window . |
| 7 | Remove as much damaged wood as possible , then dry off the remaining timber with a hot air gun |
| 8 | On the Friday Daley Thompson successfully beat off the German challenge and retained his decathlon crown , and Roger Black , just twenty years of age , added not only a European title to his Commonwealth gold but a new British record as well . |