Example sentences of "and [v-ing] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Red Rum was an eight-year-old , and had had to work hard for his corn , being trained in several yards and shrugging off the effects of damaging foot disease , before finding his true vocation in the care of trainer Ginger McCain , who bought Red Rum for 6000 guineas on behalf of owner Noel Le Mare , and gradually made the horse into one of the best chasers in the north ; he owed his position in the Grand National betting to highly encouraging runs in three handicaps early in 1973 following five successive victories the previous autumn . |
| 2 | In April the protective mound of soil safeguarding the grafting wound is ploughed back , burying the manure applied in the winter and levelling off the ground between the rows of vines . |
| 3 | In front of Roshanara 's litter , which was open , sat a young , well-dressed female slave , with a peacock 's tail in her hand , brushing away the dust and keeping off the flies from the Princess … |
| 4 | They could hear the rain pattering in the grass and bouncing off the roof of the jeep . |
| 5 | The molecules can be thought of as little billiard balls continually colliding with each other and bouncing off the walls of the box . |
| 6 | And rounding off the formal details : ‘ Here lies preserved what man conceals . ’ |
| 7 | At a rave in Stafford 's Bingley Hall last month , Altern-8 launched an offensive by proclaiming rock music dead , flying in an African witch doctor to ‘ cleanse the air of rock ’ with an ancient incantation , and rounding off the ceremony themselves with the sacrifice of a Fender Stratocaster . |
| 8 | I was looking down at my plate , licking my finger and picking off the last few crumbs , transferring them to my mouth . |
| 9 | Hard , smart , and living off the enterprise culture . |
| 10 | The regimental police and duty staff also commence their morning rounds ; opening up buildings , checking security and turning off the security lights . |
| 11 | With practice people can become proficient at recognizing and turning off the tension within the body for themselves without drugs . |
| 12 | ‘ Hardly be worse , ’ agreed Shirley , as Ashenden launched into a well-rehearsed eulogy of Dr Moule 's incomparable pre-eminence in the field of Romano-British archaeology in Somerset — before walking to the entrance door at the rear , and turning off the lights . |
| 13 | When a police car arrived , one man hopefully pointed out a few spots of blood on the pavement , mentally drawing a chalk circle round them and marking off the area with official police tape . |
| 14 | I used the same method of laying the stretchers over the legs in the correct position and marking off the shoulders as in the back rails . |
| 15 | SHOPKEEPERS in Redcar and Guisborough are attacking Langbaurgh Council plans to introduce fees for car parking which would involve drivers buying a scratch card and marking off the length of stay . |
| 16 | If honourable members would in fact stick to the debate in that particular way and in fact er er it would be of great advantage of the house it is a short debate er and and going off the the main scope of the debate in fact leaves less time for other people to speak . |
| 17 | That means breaking up and selling off the state-owned monopolies . |
| 18 | The old Hollywood was in trouble , almost bankrupt of money and ideas and in disarray ; they were closing down the back lots , demolishing the massive stages and selling off the vacant land for shopping malls and car parks . |
| 19 | This takes much of the uncertainty of house buying and selling off the relocated employee 's shoulders . |
| 20 | Sonia Hogg displayed similarly adept pace judgement to take her second successive bronze medal in the 3,000 metres , this time improving her personal best to 9 mins 42.48 secs and holding off the fast-finishing Scottish international Christine Price as Sarah Bentley of Crewe took the title in 9:36.37 . |
| 21 | He stood up on his chair all the way through lunch , with the gravy running down his great red face on to his bib and flying off the spoon he was waving on to other people 's clothes ; and in his loud , pharyngitic voice he kept up a perpetual background noise of questions and comments . |
| 22 | I mean , the young ones , a lot of them sitting around in Edinburgh and begging off the streets and that , they could get off their backsides and get a job ! |
| 23 | Like it really , that film really pisses me off right , when he 's beating her up and he rips her knickers off and fucks her up the arse and Nick 's going that 's how to treat a wo it 's disgusting fucking a woman up her arse , and ripping off the woman 's knickers and rip putting it up sitting watching it thinking |
| 24 | Or a pair of full-length curtains could be hung from a pole across the wall in front of the bow , framing the windows by day and closing off the alcove at . |
| 25 | If the child chooses " The Farm " , the screen would show a figure leaving the football ground , getting on a bus , and travelling off the screen . |
| 26 | The whole process of sorting out the lengths of rope , tying in , and tying off the coils may take several minutes in a party of novices . |
| 27 | Dewsbury almost won , according to Bamford , because they stuck rigidly to their game plan , using a persistent kicking game and cutting off the supply lines to the St Helens backs . |
| 28 | NHS hospitals were notorious for getting papers mixed up and cutting off the wrong leg or arm . |
| 29 | and I said oh there 's Benjy , there must be something , you know , I thought it was one of the kids that had jumped or something because the little one had always climbing and jumping off the wall , breaking his leg you know the weak one , and the next minute saw the ambulance outside , but he must of been , it must of been too massive to be able to do anything cos he was n't breathing that bit you see |
| 30 | This is arrived at by taking the selling price prevailing at the end of the year £140 less the costs per bed of advertising , delivery etc. of £10 making a net selling price of £130 , and taking off the cost of beds at the end of the period , i.e. £120 . |