Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A country that has a balance of payments surplus may receive payment from the debtor 's foreign exchange reserves , receive the balance in gold , leave the money in the debtor country and use it to purchase goods and services in the future , or lend the debtor country the money to pay off the debt and receive interest on the loan in the meantime . |
| 2 | In the same way , a country that has a deficit on its balance of payments will either have to run down its foreign exchange reserves , pay over gold , borrow the money to pay off the debt from other countries or hold money , in terms of credit , that the creditor country can use to purchase goods and services in the future . |
| 3 | Legally , if only one of the partners has the money to pay off the company 's debts , then she must do so . |
| 4 | When the zero-coupon bond matures , in , say , 15 years , the French debt-issuer uses the money to pay off the principal . |
| 5 | Lloyds Bank released the bills back to him so that he could sell them and thereby obtain the money to pay off the loan from the Bank . |
| 6 | But Nicola 's husband recovered himself and padded over from the settee to switch off the television . |
| 7 | And , though the story kills off the painter , the big draw himself is sure to return larger than life . |
| 8 | He decided to wait , watching as the driver switched off the engine and slid from behind the wheel . |
| 9 | 16 year old Mark Cross and 17 year old Paul Eversham are being brought into the side to show off the talent Hereford has to offer for the future . |
| 10 | He could n't hear anything , but he could see his father covered in pollen and then he had watched the actress get off the train and a lot of kissing and hugging , and everyone behaving the way theatre people always did behave . |
| 11 | The takeover sparked off the defection of key executives from Lord Geller , a J W T subsidiary . |
| 12 | They still had some close escapes , the most important of which came after 49 minutes when midfielder Michael Thomas beat the keeper with his cross-shot only to see the ball come off the foot of a defender on the line . |
| 13 | It is long and deep , the flesh pulled off the meat . |
| 14 | ‘ She was gripping the knife to ward off the attack . ’ |
| 15 | Well if one of those flats is for you , here 's just the thing to set off the view from the window . |
| 16 | Canon Arbeau in his Orchésographie ( 1588 ) recommended the use of four positions from and through which the feet moved , the turn-out to show off the line of the leg and ports de bras to display one 's carriage and courteous behaviour . |
| 17 | A year , too , when it was the fashion to show off the figure . |
| 18 | That shift , together with the emphasis on ‘ the right team ’ leadership and traditional Tory reserves of loyalty , undoubtedly helped the party to fend off the week 's much-resented media attention to division and disarray . |