Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] off [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , Charles Harvey has tipped her off about the new motorway but she pretends she does n't know . |
| 2 | We could have passed you off as the English rose of our collection , although I trust you have n't the natural frigidity of your British sisters . ’ |
| 3 | She could have taken herself off to the local Italian with her child and a book of her own , for Kate also likes reading though her tastes are less morbific . |
| 4 | The moment Owen had come in , however , he had waylaid him and taken him off behind the potted palms . |
| 5 | Before its publication Goodwin had sent her off to the British Museum to research the old Black Dwarf . |