Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without warning the air was split by a high pitched banshee wail , rising and falling on a sliding scale of pain that would have made the slates fall off the roof if there had been any . |
| 2 | One resembles a small trowel with a knurled wheel , that sets up a vibration to help the seeds drop off the end in a controlled way — a useful aid for sowing in straight lines . |
| 3 | The banks write off the fraud within their accounts but our pricing has to take account of it , so ultimately its borne by the general public . |
| 4 | The hands of the clock spin round , the pages drop off the calendar , shots of punting and cricket replace those of rowing and rugby . |
| 5 | Now she exclusively tells PETER GRANT about her four years with the top soap and reveals that she wanted the writers to kill off the character of Chrissie Rogers . |
| 6 | It begins in 1933 as physicist Leo Szilard ( Michael Tucker ) escapes Berlin just before the Nazis seal off the city . |
| 7 | Under what circumstances may the doctors switch off the ventilator ? |