Example sentences of "[vb base] off [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Markets shrug off rise in inflation |
| 2 | Others merely shrug off questions with ‘ your guess is as good as mine ’ . |
| 3 | As the novel progresses , more and more details ( like the protagonists ' arrival at an island not marked on any charts ) are released which trigger off fears of their being the victims of conspiracy . |
| 4 | In a US property , a guest let off steam to the bartender because his room was not ready and it was already late . |
| 5 | Most just let off steam by shouting and screaming , but one in five admitted to lashing out . |
| 6 | As there was no established pattern of dancing attached to ‘ trad ’ they let off steam by inventing their own steps , often with wild abandon . |
| 7 | We let off steam in graffiti , vandalism and football hooliganism . |
| 8 | The Burtons let off part of the house and lived in the rest . |
| 9 | The flames shot straight up into the sky , dispersing whatever fog was in the immediate area , and we sat around on bales , as we have always done , while some members of the family let off fireworks in the background . |
| 10 | held-a football club as occupier should foresee that crowd could become unruly and break off pieces of concrete which if thrown could cause injury to visitors in this case on duty police officers . |
| 11 | Break off yarn at the end . |
| 12 | In the meantime the Slovenian government had on July 17 cut off electricity to five military bases as a protest . |
| 13 | Cut off values for acid clearance times of 290 seconds and for the percentage of time at pH<4 of 11.5% discriminated in all but one patient between groups I and II . |
| 14 | He died during the blockade ( when the Germans cut off supplies to Leningrad and almost one million people died ) but I rebuilt my life through my work . ’ |
| 15 | The Humber has been a barrier which cut off trade to the south . |
| 16 | OH , SO HAPPY : The Qulis show off Farrah after returning to a massive welcome from neighbours last night |
| 17 | Off with the nightie , on with those jeans ( OK , do n't bother fastening them just yet ) , pop your baby in the brand-new car seat , and zoom off home with proud daddy . |
| 18 | Such accommodation is likely to be withdrawn as councils Increasingly sell off property to private developers . |
| 19 | Authors at the conference , in social and business sessions include Shirley Hughes and Aidan Chambers , who round off conference at the Random House Breakfast on Wednesday , Anthony Sampson , Terence Blacker and Terry Pratchett , the guest of honour at the annual dinner dance . |
| 20 | Remove any smudges with a cotton bud dipped in non-oily make-up remover — dab gently , wipe off mark with a tissue , then rub a clean finger over the smear and re-powder . |
| 21 | There are many plants that give off scent during the day but which seem to take on fresh strength in the evenings . |
| 22 | They took an hour to reach the first town , and another hour to find the tourist office and fend off boys with motor bikes who rapped on the windows . |
| 23 | To exploit his stature , de Gaulle had to create an organization from scratch , fend off rivals to his legitimacy , and dodge the attempts of his " allies " ( he used quotation marks on occasion ) to remove him . |
| 24 | ALTHOUGH Chelsea players wo n't be scrawling ‘ Dave Bassett is innocent , OK ’ along the Kings Road , they will help him against get off allegations of obscene behaviour . |
| 25 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 26 | He did n't , but experts on TV and in the papers set off flurries of speculation that negotiations were finally under way to release all the hostages . |
| 27 | To this the tiger agreed , and having tied their tails together in a reef knot , the pair set off arm in arm . |
| 28 | I hate to listen to guitarists rattle off rubbish about ‘ the only thing that matters is the story of the song ’ because that 's just a bunch of crap ! |
| 29 | The sound waves bounce off objects in their path and are reflected back to the dolphin where they are channelled through oil-filled sinuses in the lower jaw to the inner ear . |
| 30 | Smooth the top edge into the white icing evenly , smooth over the joins and trim off excess around the base . |