Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] off a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was an odd note of pride in his voice , like a small boy showing off a new toy . |
| 2 | Neither keeper was seriously tested , but McMinn proved dangerous at times for the Swifts with the home defence warding off a couple of good chances by the visitors . |
| 3 | Even when it was something bad , like the mice-damage in the apple room , or the wasps ' nest in the orchard , or even your husband jumping off a plane and dying , she managed to see the good part of it . |
| 4 | She shook her head vehemently , with tears flying out of her eyes each side , like water flying off a spaniel 's ears . |
| 5 | For instance , a workman may be injured by a chip of metal flying off a hammer which had been negligently manufactured a long time before . |
| 6 | BSAC medical officer Dr Peter Wilmhurst , of St Thomas ' Hospital , London , says : ‘ Divers are entitled to treatment under the NHS Act in the same way as a skater who breaks a leg on the ice or a rider who breaks his back falling off a horse . |
| 7 | Imagine a cup of water falling off a table and breaking into pieces on the floor . |
| 8 | The meaning struck him like smoke touching off a fire alarm . |
| 9 | In the end the Baa-Baas won 25–15 with Ofahengaue rounding off a move right at the death . |
| 10 | Therefore a passenger jumping off a moving bus and injuring himself would bring the motor vehicle within this section , but not generally where a driver has left his stationary motor vehicle parked on a road . |
| 11 | And my employers Fitch ( Groupe Bull , Southern Electricity ) lost more sleep over whether the colours in our new letterhead would allow it to make any sense coming off a client 's monochrome fax machine than they ever did about the evocation of caring values . |
| 12 | ‘ Collins was unbeaten when he faced me and he did n't look the same fighter coming off a loss . ’ |
| 13 | It soon unravels like thread falling off a spindle . |
| 14 | The DI knocking off a local villain ! ’ |
| 15 | The back row of Webster , Lewis and debutant no.8 , Stuart Davies , was an impressive force throughout , the letter rounding off a good first match with a try . |
| 16 | There was an unused scullery leading off a passage between the kitchen and the back door which was used as a collecting point for unwanted items from the headland ; clothes , bric-à-brac , books and old magazines . |
| 17 | Consider what context would give the following actions symbolic resonance : using a talking stick or talisman crossing a threshold turning off a radio knocking down a wooden post . |
| 18 | The day after I finished working for the managing director of a certain company fighting off a take-over bid , the agency sent me to the rival company . ’ |