Example sentences of "off [conj] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have no secretary to fend off telephone calls turn the telephone off or take it off the hook while you are conducting the interview . |
| 2 | Well I 'm telling you they stuck it they had a sort of flat bottomed cart and they used to stick it in and when they came there they , they lifted it off and stuck it in the ground and it was just similar to that only it was hooped |
| 3 | Oh you 've got to take your ring off and measure it round the circle . |
| 4 | ’ Farrell switched the two-way off and jammed it into the seat pocket beside him . |
| 5 | Far better to broaden their remit through touring , education work , equal opportunities , it argues , than to cut them off and drive them into the arms of market forces . |
| 6 | He took his glasses off and put them on the table , and his eyes were dancing as she had n't seen them dance since the night he had revealed the identity of Miguelito . |
| 7 | Kate pulled her coat off and put it on the banisters . |
| 8 | And you ken they used to lift it off and put it in the ground . |
| 9 | ‘ Wash it off and put it in the meter for me , would you , Tom ? |
| 10 | I could tell him when his crown 's starting to fall off and remind him of the royal plural — and , well , lots of things ! |
| 11 | Out of the same melancholy he grabbed irrationally at a whole branch , wrenched it off and tossed it among the trees . |
| 12 | For anyone that has not seen this effect , the lace carriage is set to ‘ F ’ and instead of taking one stitch off and transferring it to the next needle , the carriage ‘ hops ’ the stitch across from the one it is on and hooks it on to the next one . |
| 13 | When the claimant was a relative or friend , the first reaction after the hugs and kisses was to take hold of the label round the child 's neck , tear it off and throw it to the ground . |
| 14 | ‘ Chop 'em off and throw 'em in the dustbin , you understand ? ’ |
| 15 | One day a big bit of plaster fell off and hit him on the head . |
| 16 | I fell asleep and remember him lifting me off and putting me on the settee cushion but I 'd had a tiring evening and hardly stirred . |
| 17 | They 're trying to pick it off and doing it on the big grass . |
| 18 | The Doctor took his hat off and placed it on the floor in the centre of the junction . |
| 19 | He took his bowler hat off and placed it on the chest . |
| 20 | Or I 'll switch you off and drop you over the side . |
| 21 | ( Constanza has a habit of slipping it off and placing it on the table in front of her . |
| 22 | Joyriders ripped them off and threw them from the window as they sped through the Blackbird Leys estate to the Oxford Speedway Stadium . |
| 23 | He tore it off and threw it at the wastepaper basket . |
| 24 | If you go out and switch her light off and leave her in the room . |
| 25 | As I opened the case I heard a groaning , splintering noise , which caused me to experience extreme pain as the bridge flew off and whacked me on the side of the head ! |
| 26 | Somehow , in his absence the fun went out of it and I decided to slope off and join him on the flat . |
| 27 | One day soon I will rip its beak off and glue it onto the end of my own fine aquiline conk , and , secure in my new disguise , I 'll be down to the Inland Revenue Enforcement ( B ) in Barrington Road and scrabbling frantically at my tax inspector 's trousers ( I may be wrong , but I picture them as that specially rich shade of brown polyester-and-worsted that only Dunn & Co can achieve ) before you can say , ‘ Well , what 's got into you , dearie ? ’ |
| 28 | Kate ripped it off and shoved it in the pocket of her jacket . |