Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where the vessel is left unattended moored or anchored off an exposed beach or shore no claim will be payable for breaking adrift from the mooring or anchor and the subsequent damage . |
| 2 | If one analyses the appeal of desktop publishing the basic appeal is its capability to generate material that looks printed , not like something that came off a daisywheel or dot matrix printer . |
| 3 | This was certainly more dramatic than the more publicized event that finished off the dinosaurs . |
| 4 | It was the part of him that switched off the alarm in the morning and made him sleep in . |
| 5 | Why , in other words , should perception be of the perceived object rather than any other object in the causal chain further back in the causal chain ; why every perception should not be of the Big Bang that started off the Universe . |
| 6 | Pluto ( since discovered to be a ‘ double planet ’ ) is far too small to create the perturbations in Neptune 's orbit that started off the search in the first place . |
| 7 | Remember 1980 : ‘ personal politics ’ was the phrase that tripped off every lip , groups like Gang of Four ( ‘ Love like Anthrax ’ ) , Delta Five , and Au Pairs worked towards their notion of the equal relationship , liberated from the veils of romantic false consciousness . |
| 8 | A DEFLECTED shot from Scott Nisbet that spun off an opponent and then bounced over the head of a bemused Brugge goalkeeper last night kept alive Rangers ' hopes of a place in the European Cup final . |
| 9 | It was a game that kicked off an hour late after a bomb alert closed White Hart Lane leaving thousands of fans and both teams locked outside for more than two hours . |
| 10 | It should n't have happened.Anger over the chemical fire that closed off a town . |
| 11 | Time stood still and suddenly there was only one focus — this mounting , spiralling pressure that set off a high-pitched singing inside her head and made breathing hazardous . |
| 12 | Staff need to be made aware of the indicators that trigger off their own prejudices — snotty noses , nose- and ear-rings , coloured hair , leather jackets , elaborate and expensive school uniforms , gum-chewing — all those things that set off an expectation of a certain kind of behaviour , regardless of the individual young person 's personality . |
| 13 | The wretched towns of lower Aragon , detested by liberal soldiers , became strongholds of Carlism and it was the desolation of decaying artisan towns that set off the polemics on the effectiveness of ecclesiastical charity . |
| 14 | He was dressed in a dark suit , expensively tailored , and a plain white shirt and bright silk tie that set off the crisp , glossy blackness of his hair . |
| 15 | April 1916 , and that sparked off a rebellion in which the General Post Office and other places in Dublin , were occupied by forces opposed to the British rule , and the local leader proclaimed the establishment of a republic , although he and his colleagues had no mandate from the Irish people . |
| 16 | It was , for example , a National Front meeting in Southall Town Hall on St George 's Day 1979 that sparked off the clashes between police and members of the local community during which Mr Blair Peach was fatally injured ( NCCL , 1980 ) . |
| 17 | The complex relationship between mothers and daughters may arouse feelings of dependency and failure which further confuse the issue that sparked off the tears . |
| 18 | He put a hand to his cheek and dabbed off a tear ; the ammoniac fetor was crackling in his sinuses . |
| 19 | I think I 'll have a beer tonight Knock , give the jake a rest , ’ said Yanto ‘ Suit yourself , ’ Knocker replied , and drew off a pint of bitter , which he held up to the light . |
| 20 | The Highlanders surrounded Ruthven , offering Molloy and his dozen men the choice of moving out unharmed or being overrun and hanged , but he refused , and beat off an attack by 150 Highlanders . |
| 21 | ‘ So I stayed in Hong Kong , flew back and forth to New York , worked at Swift to keep myself busy , and fended off a lot of very annoying letters from my mother and sister , both incessantly wondering when I was going to come to Kenya and put myself through their combined emotional wringer . ’ |
| 22 | Had the sentry panicked at the sound of a galloping horse and fired off a lucky shot , or was there a more sinister design ? |
| 23 | I 'd have found some boring ordinary job and paid off the cops and you 'd have your new crystal and I 'd never have met Marco and his pals and I 'd be a happier woman today . |
| 24 | I bought did Dick a bottle of and paid off the mortgage . |
| 25 | of course , what most people do is , when they 've sold their house and paid off the mortgage , they take out another mortgage and , and buy another house , because they need one to live in . |
| 26 | Before that , though , I opened a can of whole chicken and ripped off a leg dribbling with jelly . |
| 27 | Ten black men took a sledge-hammer to the work , and knocked off a large part of his face . |
| 28 | He ate three-quarters of a two-pound fruit cake , six thick jam sandwiches , four apples , two oranges , and finished off the chicken and the fruit trifle . |
| 29 | So there you were sitting around in luxury at Zimmerman 's when somebody walked into the hospital and finished off the job on Jack Mahoney . ’ |
| 30 | We should have knocked in a couple of goals and killed off the game . ’ |