Example sentences of "[v-ing] off some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case , the shareholders are passing off some risk on to the manager . |
| 2 | ‘ I think it is lovely — very perfect , ’ and he took my hand to lead me out , rattling off some Arabic which was too fast for me to catch but not too fast for the friends with him . |
| 3 | Inside I saw Joseph Cotten on the phone , rattling off some scare story about the Monster that Ate the City . |
| 4 | He was running off some sort of three-page newsletter under a clenched fist wrapped in barbed wire masthead . |
| 5 | Alan was sitting down at the end of the lawn , his back to the house ‘ so you do n't distract me ’ , finishing off some work for Monday . |