Example sentences of "off [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the artisan middle-class family consolidating itself : make sure that the boys learn a craft or enter the professions , marry the girls off as well as you can — give them all , as they say , a better chance in life than you ever had yourself . |
| 2 | ‘ He was the only one of the Carry On team who was funny off as well as on film . |
| 3 | He had to be assisted as he flayed himself , but he got most of the skin off as easily as a cardigan , and the minister only had to help him with the last few strips . |
| 4 | He was aware of making an effort to pass this question off as casually as possible and thereby knew he had failed . |
| 5 | We keep the central heating off as long as possible and the thermostat is set low . |