Example sentences of "an [noun] [to-vb] off the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When one reads a Paracelsian recipe for an amulet to ward off the plague , when one learns that the prime ingredient is a paste requiring eighteen dried toads , one could be forgiven for rejecting continuity between magic and science . |
| 2 | Tyroglyphus , harmless to the vine but a deadly enemy of Phylloxera vastatrix , was imported in 1873 in an attempt to kill off the pest ; unfortunately , however , unlike phylloxera , Tyroglyphus did not care for the European climate and failed to settle . |
| 3 | You can make an arrangement to pay off the bill and your current consumption , by regular payments to the fuel supplier . |
| 4 | Then Adam stopped , flinging up an arm to ward off the blades . |
| 5 | As she stretched out an arm to switch off the light she saw , on the marble-topped bedside table , the book which had been open on the bedcover when she had first visited the house . |