Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was just coming up to three o'clock when the taxi dropped them off in the old town square and Ven guided her to the old town hall where , with barely a minute to go before the run-through of the astronomical clock , Fabia stood in rapt attention . |
| 2 | Fen dropped her off at the front door of Chimneys . |
| 3 | I rinsed it off with wet tissue , dried it off with the same soft wipes , and it came up like new . |
| 4 | Spotting the two journalists huddled together in conspiratorial conversation a few yards away , he hauled her off in the opposite direction . |
| 5 | By joining the pro-Iraqi camp the PLO effectively cut itself off from the moderating influences ( and financial backing ) of the Gulf states and Egypt , and rendered highly unlikely any prospects for a resumption of US-Palestinian talks ( broken off in June — see pp. 37547 ; 37626-27 ) . |
| 6 | Libya barricaded itself off from the outside world yesterday to ‘ mourn ’ the sixth anniversary of the American air raids on Tripoli and Benghazi , mounted in retaliation for alleged Libyan involvement in the bombing of a Berlin night club in which two American soldiers died . |
| 7 | Number one was Bob Dylan and she cut it off after the first sneering words of despair . |
| 8 | His family packed him off to the great University of Nuln where they hoped his energies would be dispersed in academic study . |
| 9 | One of Alejandro 's sons playing back rode him off for the backhand and hit it up the field to his brother who dribbled it a few yards , then sliced it to Perdita . |
| 10 | I do n't suppose I was more than 10 when the harvesters sent me off to the nearest pub to get some cider in a couple of bottles . |
| 11 | They saw her off into the splashed black and rainy yellow night . |
| 12 | Cris tried to help , of course , but as soon as the ambulances came they sent him off to the local hospital , and that 's where he is now . |
| 13 | Nutty stopped Midnight and brought him into the centre and Nails thought he was going to get a rest , but she immediately sent him off in the other direction . |
| 14 | Our instructor took us off into the unknown for the next few hours , where we experienced ice , spring snow , powder and crud . |
| 15 | If anybody put him off at the 17th it was me jumping up and down . |
| 16 | Subsequently , he was often seen scratching at his groin on the set , and , guessing the nature of his problem , director Nicholas Ray marched him off to the nearest chemist for a healthy dose of crabocide . |
| 17 | I shut myself off from the female race and channelled all my energy into my work . |
| 18 | Two medics arrived and carried him off to the First Aid Post . |
| 19 | Personally , I will never forget the sight of Yannick Noah , the French Davis Cup captain , leaping almost four feet off the ground to acclaim the first and the seemingly impossible French victory in the Davis Cup since the ‘ Three Musketeers ’ carried it off in the thirties . |
| 20 | This question led us off into the usual calculations that take place on these occasions , sprinkled with the odd exclamation of ‘ No ! ’ , |
| 21 | ‘ I am sure it was my accounts of my experiences which set her off on the same route . |
| 22 | She is already at work on her next disc , but what of that Rodrigo concerto which set her off in the first place ? |