Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] off [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What happens when Mrs B goes on holiday or goes off sick ? |
| 2 | Alternating with the local programme are day trips away for anyone who 's keen , visiting Kosta or Maistraki for a swim and a taverna lunch , sailing to Spetse town to explore ashore , or anchoring off Blue bay or White church bay for a lazy picnic . |
| 3 | Although higher education institutions are supposed to embody a detached and rational stance towards the world , they seem to behave much as any other kind of institution when faced with the need to determine internal priorities or fend off external threats . |
| 4 | All models are supplied with a large 50 litre capacity solid grass box and for a limited period only this offer includes a 9in ( 23cm ) comfort trimmer to provide a perfect edge to your lawn or finish off difficult areas to reach . |
| 5 | To leave the ever-present tension of Great Meadow was like shedding stiff , formal clothes or kicking off pinching shoes . |
| 6 | Soft corals , especially tree corals ( Sinularias ) and pulse corals ( Xenias ) , respond to dividing or cutting off small portions and resiting those to form new colonies . |
| 7 | As the brood grows , workers chew through septa in the shoots and kill or seal off other queens , after which the whole tree is taken over . |
| 8 | Although you may normally take the view that there is never a best time for spending money , retirement planning is different in that sooner or later you will need , or want , to make certain purchases — or pay off outstanding commitments , such as a mortgage . |
| 9 | The Spaniards themselves were keen to attack Gibraltar , make yet another descent on Ireland , or pay off old scores in the West Indies , but de Choiseul discouraged all these ventures . |
| 10 | Authorities that have been rate-capped and lost grant have had to cut services or put off planned improvements . |
| 11 | The catalogue for London 's Compendium Bookshop , for instance , carries over six pages of ‘ post-modern ’ titles while targeted readerships dwindle or fall off exhausted . |
| 12 | But the basic thrust of the ‘ structural adjustment ’ seldom changes : shrink the budget deficit , devalue the currency , remove subsidies , free prices , liberalise trade and sell off state-owned enterprises . |
| 13 | This confirms Hanson 's reputation for being able to spot cheap assets and sell off unwanted parts profitably , but it also gives rise to the charge that Hanson is involved in asset stripping . |
| 14 | In these times well financed companies can afford to tread water and pick off suitable acquisitions without pressure . |
| 15 | He has this lovely pixie body and whips off complicated tap routines in the Astaire and Gene Kelly styles — amazing . |
| 16 | Camdessus also urged the industrialized countries to increase aid to the LDCs and to write off official loans to the poorest countries . |
| 17 | Now just kick the tyres , light the fires and leap off unarmed into battle . |
| 18 | This was partly because of the structure of the lexicon used which enabled efficient storage and search , and cut off non-productive alternatives at an early stage . |
| 19 | We tend to serve and finish off complete units of food as provided for us by manufacturers . |
| 20 | Bill does spend time dead heading , and picking off dead leaves — up to an hour a day in the summer . |
| 21 | In figs 7–9 I have shown a rock/blues rhythm pattern which uses diads derived from the chords of A7 , D7 and E7 , and played off open string pedal tones . |
| 22 | The actors also play the horse that pulls their cart and perform juggling , tumbling and let off mock cannon fire . |
| 23 | The evil one stood his ground , raised his supergun and let off rapid and devastating fire through the door of room B , floor sixty-five . |
| 24 | Taylor makes the point that one of one his members believes that while the banks had been more than generous in their lending to the third world and writing off significant sums , there was little , if any support , for the small business on their own doorstep . |
| 25 | Chief Inspector [ E ] was there and he turned round and said , ‘ Sharon Mills ? ’ and I said , ‘ That 's right , ’ and he said , ‘ I 'm charging you with running a brothel and living off immoral earnings . ’ |
| 26 | While I was doing that sentence my other case for running a brothel and living off immoral earnings came up . |
| 27 | For weeks , staying in youth hostels and living off substantial farmhouse teas , I wandered the Dales in all weathers , often struggling in the fine morning drizzle along high paths that led only into the clouds , then turning , rewarded , to watch the sunlight dipping through the hills and valleys as the rain stopped , glistening on the crags and throwing giant shadows on the slopes . |
| 28 | In the dry season , groups of families travel out into the forest , moving camp every few days and living off wild foods , thus more uniformly exploiting the environment at a time of scarcity and the risk of irreversible depletion of the local forest . |
| 29 | fresh or dried leaves , whole plant fresh or dried , flowers fresh or dried ; for headaches and migraine , as a tonic , and to ward off biting insects |
| 30 | ARMED police officers surrounded an office block and sealed off surrounding streets after a man was seen pointing an air rifle from the roof . |