Example sentences of "[prep] i [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's where life as a music teacher for me took off . |
| 2 | ‘ There is nothing for me to go back to , ’ she says , ‘ nothing for me to live off . |
| 3 | If I 'd met you earlier the fact that I 'm married would have made it impossible for me to take off and fly with you like this . |
| 4 | Oh God tha , they always leave that for me start off ! |
| 5 | ‘ Time for me to get off , eh ? ’ |
| 6 | Because I believe , that only through him , what he 's told me about the club , that it 's a nice club , a nice base for me to start off my career , because that 's what I really am doing . |
| 7 | They are like , and I 've come here to maybe to help get them in a , a better position , because I believe that , only through him , what he 's told me about the club ; that it 's a nice club , a nice base for me to start off my career , because that 's what I 'm really am doing . |
| 8 | If Stuart feels it 's necessary for me to come off I will accept his decision . |
| 9 | Next thing Pa was lunging past me to switch off the machine . |
| 10 | Nor was he at all happy with the idea of me swanning off to France with the Parsons . |
| 11 | But it is so vindictively cold in this ill-lit room , and my alabaster hand aches so much from the thousands of words I have put down on this unhappy day , and my head still throbs , and my stomach is so empty , and my grief is so heavy , that I think it would be wise of me to break off at this point , this hinge , blow out the once again guttering candle and for the third time today go down the stone stairs to streets where it is always February . |