Example sentences of "[noun] off in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Association will never pursue members with the determination of a Time-Share salesperson , it does n't like to lose members , particularly those who are just too forgetful to get subscriptions off in good time . |
| 2 | Maybe what I 'm saying is the only sure-fire , tried and tested way to get a girl 's knickers off in thirty seconds — which , by the way , it is . |
| 3 | That Kevin is certainly growing into a fine young man , he has been working with his shirt off in this weather and you can see he is going to be just as much an athlete as his father was . |
| 4 | ‘ My game was just a little bit off in all departments . |
| 5 | But , after speaking to Sunil 's tutor , they have agreed to the Leeds boy paying his debts off in weekly instalments . |
| 6 | The club were served with the winding-up order on Saturday despite an offer to pay the debts off in several payments . |
| 7 | According to them I have had four weeks off in ten years . |
| 8 | This activity in the region amounted to a total of 6,000 paid days off in 1985–6 ( MMC 1987 : 70 ) . |
| 9 | INJURIES at work led to 750,000 days off in one year , a report revealed yesterday . |
| 10 | It was a six-day week — one day off in eight . |
| 11 | if we can kick things off in that , er from that sphere . |
| 12 | Taking a bottle , he would then open it with the bottom edge of the Bic lighters that most people carried , prising the top off in one movement . |
| 13 | ST JOHN the Baptist Parish , Timperley , finished October off in fine style with a variety concert and dance at Christ Church parish hall , with dancing to the Innisfree Band . |
| 14 | Cut a slice from the top of each fruit , then cut the peel and pith off in vertical strips to reveal the flesh . |
| 15 | Remember to get requisitions off in good time after your investigation . |
| 16 | Yeah , just turn all items off in that window all full board right ? |
| 17 | Now it wo n't cure all the problems I 'm pretending that it will , but if we were to have proper seats , proper microphones , electronic voting I believe that it would show symbolically that the House of Commons was prepared to modernize itself and start doing a proper job in our democracy rather than the farce and the theatre which frankly turns so many people off in modern Britain . |
| 18 | uses now the reason we need , not just nuclear power of course , but all other sources of energy er is erm illustrated by these next couple of slides erm I 'm sure you 've seen data like this before growth in the world 's population over the last er few hundred years erm over the middle ages the er world 's population was fairly stable , although the birth rate was high er the death rate was equally high because of things like cholera and bubonic plague and smallpox and other things that used to kill people off in large numbers . |
| 19 | Artificial gravity off in five seconds . |
| 20 | There are fears of family life going down the drain , as staff may get only two complete weekends off in seven . |
| 21 | The possibility of anything like that happening to the Germans seemed a long way off in those days . |
| 22 | After all , South Africa was a long way off in those days and home leave must have been a great rarity . ’ |
| 23 | Getting her jeans off in two seconds flat in a stable was not what he had visualized for her . |
| 24 | You may move cards off in ascending order from Ace to King to their respective piles off the playing area . |
| 25 | The three tee off in one of the most attractive groupings over the first 36 holes at 2.10pm on Thursday afternoon . |