Example sentences of "him off the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll take him off the scheme because he has n't replied to any of our correspondence . |
| 2 | The prize , however , was taken by the Lithuanian who decided to liven up Roger Payne 's ascent of Comes The Dervish by trying to pull him off the crux . |
| 3 | Meredith marched across , grasped his pullover in both hands and dragged him off the pillows to shake him violently . |
| 4 | Dragging at the dog , she got him off the bed , and looked up at the visitor , whom she did not know . |
| 5 | Mrs Diggory took refuge in scolding the dog and dragging him off the bed . |
| 6 | he growls at Reggie when he comes up to say ta ta in the morning , if Reggie puts his arm under him , and looks as if he 's gon na move him off the bed he , he 'll , he 'll growl |
| 7 | The shareholders can vote him off the board themselves . |
| 8 | The partner there was terribly embarrassed , rang me up and apologized for hours afterwards , could n't get him off the phone . |
| 9 | oh good , that 's him off the way |
| 10 | And he said this and he was n't I mean particularly , he said oh she 's just , you know she , she 's like sailed through Haileybury , she gets out of everything , she , he , he 's really keen on the sports side of things here so I do n't know why he got so het up about it but he said it really er pissed him off the way she erm |
| 11 | Why did n't Luke damn well help him , instead of threatening to throw him off the film ? |
| 12 | I brought him it , erm , a lunch box with a flask in , I said , look this flask you suck it like a straw , so get him to take that everywhere with him cos then he can have that , then he , cos you said you wanted to get him off the bottles , cos you put the straw in that |
| 13 | Her existence certainly saved him from making decisions : ‘ I 've got to consult my wife ’ always let him off the hook and annoyed the independent Jane . |
| 14 | He felt arms around him , lifting his body up , easing him off the hook . |
| 15 | And he would expect it to get him off the hook . |
| 16 | Once the dealer gave his number under these circumstances , he was submitting to the client 's own terms , letting him off the hook . |
| 17 | Culley wondered why she 'd decided to let him off the hook . |
| 18 | The family got him off the hook , of course , but it did n't go down well . |
| 19 | She would not let him off the hook . |
| 20 | Well , she was n't going to let him off the hook that easily . |
| 21 | Why , she wondered , when she had effectively let him off the hook ? |
| 22 | ‘ We need him as president because it takes him off the streets , ’ said his close pal , David Leopoulis . |
| 23 | When he was ready , the wind would take him off the beach . |
| 24 | ‘ The Protection Police arrived and took him off the Otso . |
| 25 | Jock decided to play as the congregation assembled and before the proper organist arrived , but his hesitant , hymnal efforts had a spare , Protestant ring about them and when , in despair , he broke into a decidedly rag-time syncopation with ‘ Wait Till the Sun Shines , Nelly ’ the proper organist , who was a very proper spinster-woman , rose and hurriedly pushed him off the stool before he had got through the chorus . |
| 26 | Or push him off the ball or something |
| 27 | Nate would never have taken him off the presentation if he was n't being moved sideways or demoted . |
| 28 | Did , they took him , taken him off the life support ? |
| 29 | The Diesis colt had only two runs last season and on his final outing at York in July he was fourth to Golden Chip after which injury kept him off the course . |
| 30 | Finally he grabbed him by the collar , and with a spasmodic effort tipped him off the wharf into the canal . |