Example sentences of "[verb] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | May I , as someone who has recently come off the dole , comment on Donald Gould 's article ( Forum , 20 January , p 180 ) . |
| 2 | Although Vinny Samways has now come off the transfer list , Spurs look light in the key area . |
| 3 | I 've now come off the pill without telling my boyfriend . |
| 4 | Unfortunately for our timing one of the hosts suddenly said , ‘ I 'm sure you do n't want any coffee , Prime Minister , you 've just come off the plane . |
| 5 | The tot , Britain 's most premature surviving child , had just come off the danger list after a three-month fight for life . |
| 6 | The front of the jeep was as clean as if it had just come off the boat from Japan . |
| 7 | At last the restoration was completed and R5868 looked as if it had just come off the production line , a fine tribute to F/L Peaple and his team . |
| 8 | He has not yet come off the fence and told us whether he supports the barrage project . |
| 9 | Mathers twisted his head to pull off the bite he 'd taken ; he chewed for a while . |
| 10 | He carried on past and found a place to pull off the road , and then he collected together his flashlight and a roll of tools and set off to walk the short distance back . |
| 11 | This section of land lies between the canal and the River Tame and leads along to the A5127 northeast-bound where there might be room for a vehicle to pull off the road into the gateway to load up beneath the M6 . |
| 12 | Back in the surgery Sophie found Joanna giving the squirrel some milk and saw to her relief that he had not tried to pull off the dressing . |
| 13 | But Beaumont is already confident that the eight-year-old will make a bold bid to pull off the feat in 12 months ' time . |
| 14 | By 1977 the family had accumulated enough capital , acumen and experience to pull off the property deal of the century : the purchase for $120m of eight Manhattan skyscrapers when the city of New York was on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 15 | It was illogical to accept that an accord and satisfaction fell within s 286(5) but fell outside s 287(1) , which referred to where a company releases or writes off the whole or part of the debt . |
| 16 | Engine failures cost Mario a number of races that he was leading and at Silverstone he had an unpleasant run-in with Hunt , putting Hunt off the track , which caused a lot of bad blood in the hugely provincial and chauvinistic British press , which backs a Brit no matter what . |
| 17 | That was his Sunday ritual : over to Harry 's for cards as soon as lunch was eaten , and back at exactly a quarter after six , to read the Sunday papers and then sleep off the drink . |
| 18 | Their publications would do credit to any university : Libertarian Conflicts in Social Choice , by UBS Phillips & Drew 's John Wriglesworth , The Role of Crack Resistance Parameters in Polymer Wear , by Williams de Broe 's Mustapha Omar and Stellar Winds ( which might conceivably be a volume of poetry ) by Robert Fleming 's Martin Murch are just a few of the titles that leap off the page . |
| 19 | The supporting cast , including Kate 's rebellious daughter , James 's ancient testy father and a wild young stud , leap off the page to grab their share in the action . |
| 20 | Shrug off the keeping of my Law — |
| 21 | ‘ Even if I just get one of my feet in the wrong position it really messes me about and it 's easy for that foot to just flick off the peg . ’ |
| 22 | Scrub the celeriac and peel off the skin . |
| 23 | Drain , and if you wish , peel off the skin while the artichokes are still warm . |
| 24 | Simply peel off the cover , pop the plastic pack in the microwave and in no time at all you have a tasty meal for one . |
| 25 | Ease the cheesecake out of the tin and carefully peel off the foil to serve it . |
| 26 | Doormen in red coats , royal blue silk lining flapping an appearance , peel off the foyer glass doors , and forge forward to park the car and muster bags . |
| 27 | Peel off the lining paper , spread with the whipped cream and roll up from one short side . |
| 28 | Peel off the lining paper and roll up with the sugared paper . |
| 29 | Remove from oven , after 5 minutes turn out on a rack to cool ; peel off the paper . |
| 30 | Turn the cooked sponge on to this and carefully peel off the paper . |