Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | where I burn off my life without blossoming . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've only got to the end of the year but my family will be carrying on where I left off . |
| 3 | Back to London , pick up where I left off , more crimes and misdemeanours , more Anthony Stewarts and the commonplace killings that proceed from a lifetime of domestic loathing , or lust , or rivalry , or greed . |
| 4 | ‘ The point is — do I want to take up where I left off ? ’ |
| 5 | For me it begins to be noticeable at the railway station where I get off the train each evening , and becomes gradually stronger , like a magnetic field , as I walk up the hill . |
| 6 | ‘ They wanted a dramatic ending where I kill off the central character and they also did n't like me making fun of the audience . |
| 7 | ‘ Sometimes I ask myself what have I done with my career , ’ she jokes , ‘ coming back to do rep , exactly where I started off . |
| 8 | ‘ You are that part of me that I cut off , and I never have been and never shall be whole without you . ’ |
| 9 | He 's into fun and games in bed , all the horny things that I get off on like spankings and Polaroid pictures . |
| 10 | It 's a testament to how captivating The Orb 's music is that I got off on this so much , completely alone and without recourse to anything stronger than the Institute 's lukewarm lager . |
| 11 | I suppose that bearded bloke must 'ave dropped it , I suppose I must 'ave picked it up without thinking and that I went off with it in an absent-minded way . |
| 12 | Which is a bloody good thing , really that I started off with the tape , hands |
| 13 | The only messages that I give off are of faint delirium and desperate indecision . |
| 14 | I could n't stop him and I was so frightened that horse , machine and me were going over that I jumped off . |
| 15 | I was instructed to leave my prejudices behind and simply concentrate on having a good time , so I set off with that one idea in mind . |
| 16 | A path is supposed to keep close by the river ( but in reality stays above the treeline ) so I set off up quite a marked track , which very soon petered out . |
| 17 | Although the house in which Eric was now hidden was an isolated one , we could n't exclude the possibility of a German search , so I set off there on my bicycle while the Germans were still questioning people . |
| 18 | But that alone did n't daunt my spirit , so I set off on the second day with a little more trepidation but just as much determination to learn to sail . |
| 19 | at the time , I thought , ‘ This is ridiculous , I 'm holding these boys back ’ because I was also managing a singer called Marc Bolan , and in the quieter moments , he and David would decorate my office to fill in the time , but I said to them that I had just run out of money and could n't afford to carry on — I 'd taken no commission from either of them at the time — so I went off to Spain to think about my next move and released them both from their contracts . ’ |
| 20 | I left before the tour was over because it was time for Mott The Hoople to come and tour and I 'd been designated as the person to take care of them , so I went off before it was over . |
| 21 | ‘ I was asked to supervise canoeing when a scout leader , so I went off to master the sport and was a senior instructor after a couple of years . |
| 22 | When I flopped at my first job , I was so fed up with myself I thought I was n't worth any decent firm 's money , so I went off and got a frightful job working in a dirty old canteen , just to punish myself , sort of . |
| 23 | I could n't stick it and they could n't find me anywhere else , so I took off . |
| 24 | The south east ridge leads down into a bowl of porridge-like peat , so I bore off eastwards , still rough enough , into the paring wind , crossing the Allt an t-Strathain Mhoir high up to drop down to the church . |
| 25 | The pavement 's too crowded to walk on without bumping into people , so I step off and walk in the gutter . |
| 26 | The sun was shining hotly , so I stripped off and spread my garments out to dry , contemplating my wrack . |
| 27 | But even that was too chic for me , so I turned off into Winston Street . |
| 28 | There 's a woman just up the road so I hop off the wall and run after her . |
| 29 | I waited for twenty minutes , and the numbers advanced only to three hundred and ninety-three , so I wandered off to the station newsagent 's to look at girlie magazines . |
| 30 | There was a large group of girls around her , chorusing this , so I backed off , as I hated people to say that to me when I was hurt . |