Example sentences of "to get [pron] off the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quite why this put the scrutineers in a dilemma I do n't know , but they asked me to protest to get them off the hook . |
| 2 | An overwhelming number of you are keen to attend formal reunions and so I will make it a priority to get them off the ground . |
| 3 | Through the Princes ' Trust in the month we actually give grants to something like twenty people , just to get them off the street , because there was nowhere else they could turn to . |
| 4 | The Minister is naturally anxious to get me off the subject of the ’ Save our Schools ’ campaign , the No Turning Back group and his views on comprehensive education . |
| 5 | ‘ So we made a plan to get ourselves off the ship , ’ Dr Livesey went on . |
| 6 | The idea of the hostel is just to get you off the streets , so to speak . |
| 7 | What can I do to get you off the phone ? ’ |
| 8 | It simply means they promise anything to get you off the phone , so keep your fingers crossed or you may be staying here more than one night . ’ |
| 9 | There ai n't no pill to get you off the powder , Mr Breakspear , only will power . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've got to get you off the Key . ’ |
| 11 | There was a large pool of unemployed in those days and it seemed to us that no sooner were you in than they were trying to get you off the job . |
| 12 | And he would expect it to get him off the hook . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | ‘ I ca n't remember riding for Jonjo before , but it would be great to get him off the mark and this horse certainly has a bit of a chance , ’ smiled Willie who is closing fast on another century . |
| 15 | And this time there is no second match to get anyone off the hook ! |
| 16 | Switchboard was formed in 1974 out of an alliance between the old Gay Liberation Front office collective , who donated the office , and Gay News , who donated the publicity and energy to get it off the ground . |
| 17 | But how did the , what was puzzling a lot of people how did he manage to get it off the ground and into his pocket . |
| 18 | Only time will tell , but it will require a number of dedicated members to get it off the ground . |
| 19 | What better way to get it off the ground than by leading an armada of rafts up river , parading before the assembled crowd of onlookers ? |
| 20 | I suspect that , if someone now discovered a substance as addictive and harmful as tobacco , even this Government would be highly unlikely to license it to get it off the ground as a marketable product . |
| 21 | ‘ We hope to get it off the ground very shortly and it will be run in conjunction with the Women 's Hospital . ’ |
| 22 | Some people will resort to games in order to get themselves off the hook or to put down another person . |
| 23 | I 'm perfectly happy to plead a two-year-old 's birthday and then wiggle , flatter and schmooze to get myself off the hook . |
| 24 | They says , right , he says , I 've got a I 've got a problem with alcohol and he 's given us the valium to get us off the alcohol . |
| 25 | Which was something of a racket , plus Bazooka Joe kept on pulling the plugs on us trying to get us off the stage . |
| 26 | Chris took the chair and I went through the list of things that needed to be done to get us off the ground : a bank account , an address and telephone number somewhere , an eye-catching logo . |
| 27 | At the moment , we 've got , Devon County Council 's Recycling Working Party who are very likely to be paying our site 's rental charges , for at least the first year to get us off the ground . |