Example sentences of "[verb] off with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The underlying assumption was that the likelihood of marriage between people from different villages drops off with increase in geographical distance between the villages . |
| 2 | Free neutrons are unstable , with a half-life of about 11 minutes , so as observed , the intensity drops off with time as the slower-moving neutrons had more time to decay . |
| 3 | In autumn 1941 the German advance into Russia , which had begun so spectacularly , ground to halt on the approach to Moscow , and a disastrous retreat in the icy wastes of the Russian winter could only be staved off with difficulty and at high human cost , leaving an ill-equipped army to endure the arctic conditions . |
| 4 | And now Martha and he were united in a strange fellow feeling , which neither of them had expected , and which they had to shake off with difficulty . |
| 5 | Crops are harvested almost without sweat , boats set off on journeys with full sails , celebrations are carried off with style and decorum . |
| 6 | Ansah was carried off with concussion at Luton on Saturday , but had a precautionary brain scan and reported fit this morning . |
| 7 | They coped with the pressure admirably , with central defenders Rogan and Ball , who was carried off with knee ligament damage early in the second half , outstanding . |
| 8 | The alligator swam off with Clara 's right arm in its jaws . |
| 9 | You may get fobbed off with excuses four or five times , but if you can continue with the repetition in a controlled way without losing your temper , coupled with reasoning , it is a very powerful way of getting what you want . |
| 10 | The trading lobby were not to be fobbed off with talk like that . |
| 11 | Does the Minister accept that patients , irrespective of age group , should not have to undergo prolonged suffering , being fobbed off with medication from time to time when cardiac surgery is necessary ? |
| 12 | Like most of you I suspect , I am totally f-ed off with Leeds United at the moment , but one subject that does cheer me a little is the young players who are our future . |
| 13 | The waitress , feeling like she has done her best , storms off with tears brimming to talk to the manager . |
| 14 | and then finally we could finish off with Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men or whatever they want to call themselves from and they could say well we 're the guys in between we 've got clients out there but we have to deal with printers and estimators and this is what life is like for us . |
| 15 | This is their first high-profile UK release and a very good place to start if you 're cheesed off with squeak-core . |
| 16 | Palace had Andy Thorn stretchered off with concussion , but he was given the all-clear after X-rays . |
| 17 | As revealed in yesterday 's Echo exclusive , Elliott , stretchered off with cruciate ligament damage at Anfield two months ago , is ready to launch legal action even though he is optimistic of making a full recovery from the injury . |
| 18 | After the attack , Currie had made off with £85 . |
| 19 | Thieves have made off with garden tubs containing shrubs worth £47 from the front garden of a house in Starmer Crescent , Darlington . |
| 20 | They are believed to have made off with silverware and they also took a necklace which the woman was wearing . |
| 21 | It was n't easy to get Nigel out of the window — and the large oval bed of rose bushes with the most vicious imaginable thorns , immediately underneath the window , did n't help — but eventually he was again steered into the back of the Volvo , and Alan drove off with Dei at his side . |
| 22 | Angel accepted this , gave the man some money , said goodnight , and drove off with Tess . |
| 23 | Rachel Still , 23 — who was living with a boyfriend in Wilmslow , Cheshire — drove off with husband Phillip after meeting him for a talk . |
| 24 | Always keep spare tap washers handy and replace the washers regularly — no tap should need to be turned off with force . |
| 25 | The gamekeepers on Fedorov 's estate are always pooping off with shotguns at something or other : crows , vermin , poachers — whatever gamekeepers shoot . ’ |
| 26 | In the meantime , if you want to set off with road map and cheque book , then get the new editions of the Factory Shop Guide . |
| 27 | It was another sunny morning and I took the opportunity to set off with Singi , our assistant sirdar , for a shapely rock peak rising above the campsite and offering the prospect of an interesting climb and a good viewpoint . |
| 28 | RAM raiders smashed their way into Debenham 's in Middlesbrough , left sports clothes strewn across the road and made off with clothing worth over £2,000 , Teesside Crown Court heard . |
| 29 | Thieves made off with £50 in cash from an old folks ' home in Windsor Court , off Newton Lane , Darlington . |
| 30 | They made off with hi-fi equipment , three cameras , two antique clocks , china and an anorak worth a total of £1,500 from a house at Easby . |