Example sentences of "she [verb] off the " in BNC.

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1 The nursing staff said she got off the delivery table herself , and could not understand why she was ordered back to bed .
2 At a quarter past seven she got off the bus in Bath worrying that he might stand her up .
3 When she got off the train from Chertsey she did n't have enough money to take an omnibus .
4 She got off the bus at the next stop , and went back to the building , pushing the children in a collapsible pushchair , which had a propensity only to collapse when occupied .
5 When she got off the bus at her usual stop , even the moderate leafiness of the district contributed to her hopes , and she saw , fleetingly , the features that caused it to be described by others as a desirable residential area .
6 It was not so , at the beginning of each new term she found it was not so , but it seemed to be so , and the same mixture of guilt and hate and sorrow would strike her anew , each time as forcefully , each time she got off the train at Northam Station .
7 My mother brought the food home at night , buying it each day when she got off the bus from work .
8 She got off the bed and , opening the bureau , took out a set of handcuffs and some leather-look rope .
9 She got off the bed and listened .
10 She got off the ground so quickly with her public relations it was squashed almost before it came to life . "
11 She got off the bed and went to unlock the door without any trepidation , or any other strong emotion .
12 ‘ Hmm — where 's Azor , by the way ? ’ she asked off the top of her head .
13 SHe hopped off the stool , mustering pride .
14 She hopped off the chair .
15 We had good churns in those days , the milk in the churn , and she skim off the cream so we had raspberries and cream , and that was gorgeous .
16 They crossed M Street and kept going and in a doorway she snatched off the wig and beret and rammed them into the shoulder bag that had been expanded from the purse she had been carrying before .
17 Dr Wedderburn suggests as she dashes off the answer her bleep .
18 She drew off the boots and put them , lolling side by side , as it were breathing together , before she stuffed them full of tissue-paper to keep their shape .
19 As she felt the urgency of his body next to hers she blanked off the uncertainty and the fear .
20 After a hundred miles or so , she came off the motorway to pick up fuel and drink a cup of coffee .
21 The blonde woman was always elegantly dressed and absolutely immaculate , even when she came off the beach , her hair neatly pinned up in a French pleat or out of sight under a chic floppy straw hat .
22 She came off the slope at an uncontrollable pace that took her across the clearing and into the trees .
23 But I did n't recognise her when she came off the plane .
24 She kissed the balding patch on the back of his head as she clambered off the bed and went to the fridge to pour them both a drink .
25 As soon as she climbed off the coach , she burst into tears , and Mum took in the situation at a glance .
26 In slight panic , she climbed off the bed and swopped her jade cotton nightshirt for the first swimsuit which emerged from her case .
27 Giving herself a mental shake , she threw off the thoughts .
28 She turned off the gas fire — must save the Calor gas ! — and the lights and followed him out onto the landing , locking the door behind her .
29 ‘ Do n't be childish , ’ said Sam , but she turned off the tape .
30 She spoke the word aloud as she turned off the water and began rubbing herself furiously with a towel .
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