Example sentences of "[vb pp] off with the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An attack is warded off with the rear hand guard : the defender then drops onto one knee and strikes with a crippling tiger claw to the groin . |
| 2 | In Division Three Hereford have kicked off with the wrong foot . |
| 3 | I was so needy at the time that I think I would have gone off with the first person who told me I was attractive and showed my affection . |
| 4 | Sure , my partner had taken off with the two-headed bankroll . |
| 5 | After the arrival in France of the advance reconnaissance party on 6 June 1944 , Major Fraser had taken off with the main recce party on 10 June . |
| 6 | Noel has cleared off with the one-man tent . |
| 7 | Those people who went along to hear you play ‘ Heart Of Gold ’ on the ‘ Weld ’ tour got a blast of Sonic Youth , liberal idealists were shocked by your Reagan-supporting stance in the mid-'80s , your newly-won reactionary followers were soundly ticked off with the capitalist lambasting of ‘ Freedom ’ at the close of the decade … |
| 8 | Two years later , his dedication to keeping the show on the road has paid off with the new £8 million film The Muppet Christmas Carol , which opens in Britain this week starring Michael Caine as Scrooge . |
| 9 | this is a clean and neat move , nicely capped off with the gentle finish to the summit . |