Example sentences of "[to-vb] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mathers twisted his head to pull off the bite he 'd taken ; he chewed for a while . |
| 2 | He carried on past and found a place to pull off the road , and then he collected together his flashlight and a roll of tools and set off to walk the short distance back . |
| 3 | This section of land lies between the canal and the River Tame and leads along to the A5127 northeast-bound where there might be room for a vehicle to pull off the road into the gateway to load up beneath the M6 . |
| 4 | Back in the surgery Sophie found Joanna giving the squirrel some milk and saw to her relief that he had not tried to pull off the dressing . |
| 5 | But Beaumont is already confident that the eight-year-old will make a bold bid to pull off the feat in 12 months ' time . |
| 6 | By 1977 the family had accumulated enough capital , acumen and experience to pull off the property deal of the century : the purchase for $120m of eight Manhattan skyscrapers when the city of New York was on the brink of bankruptcy . |
| 7 | That was it until handover on Monday , which she hoped would be enough time to shake off the cold that had been dogging her for the last couple of days . |
| 8 | It wants to be less reliant on the depressed shipping industry but it also wants to shake off the tag of being the world 's market of last resort and is determined to win safer contracts . |
| 9 | It wants to be less reliant on the depressed shipping industry but it also wants to shake off the tag of being the world 's market of last resort and is determined to win safer contracts . |
| 10 | He made an irritable gesture of flapping his cloak to shake off the water . |
| 11 | ALAN SHEARER looks certain to shake off the leg injury that cut short his two-goal display against Leeds on Boxing Day . |
| 12 | Meanwhile , Premier League leading scorer Alan Shearer looks certain to shake off the leg injury that cut short his two-goal display against Leeds on Boxing Day in time for Blackburn 's visist to Ipswich today . |
| 13 | But in contrast to the sturdy independence of the encircling nations , many of the island-groups within have still to shake off the mastery of foreign powers , and remain in subjugation . |
| 14 | To shake off the mood of secrecy , he took her out . |
| 15 | Only through such an accidental , miraculous chance could anyone expect to shake off the yoke of grimly limited prospects . |
| 16 | A statute of 1388 attempted to reinforce the Statute of Labourers , the measure enacted to control wages after the Black Death of 1348–49 , but attempts in 1389 to put it into practice showed that men were trying to shake off the stigma of villein tenure , even at the cost of taking a cash wage worth less in real terms than the combination of cash and food which they had been paid previously , insisting on working by the day rather than contracting for a yearly wage , and exploiting the possibility of alternative employment ( 65 , pp.92–5 ) . |
| 17 | It seemed to her like the anus of the entire factory : a black tunnel that extruded the castings , still encased in black sand , like hot , reeking , iron turds , on to a metal grid that vibrated violently and continuously to shake off the sand . |
| 18 | In the early 1970s , industry observers thought that IBM was strong enough to shake off the challenge from Japan . |
| 19 | Ian was quick to shake off the dust , however , and went on to become one of Glasgow 's heroes . |
| 20 | Richard Goebel and his colleagues are not afraid to shake off the dust and restore the brightness , the vividness of the original … |
| 21 | 2 But in other counties desire to shake off the burden of the hated Forest law had fostered the growth of traditions which sought to justify its abolition . |
| 22 | It was part of the failure of the comprehensive schools to shake off the image of ‘ grammar schools for all ’ . |
| 23 | The Hibs manager , Alex Miller , was also disappointed , because leading scorer , Darren Jackson , had failed to shake off the stomach injury which had seen him miss the Scottish Cup victory over Cowdenbeath earlier in the week . |
| 24 | Depreciation is provided to write off the cost or valuation , less estimated residual values , of all tangible fixed assets , except freehold lane , over their expected useful lives . |
| 25 | Depreciation is provided to write off the cost less estimated residual values of all fixed assets , except freehold land , over their expected useful lives . |
| 26 | Depreciation is provided to write off the cost less estimated residual values of all fixed assets , except freehold land , over their expected useful lives . |
| 27 | Depreciation is calculated to write off the cost or valuation of tangible assets other than freehold land over their estimated useful lives . |
| 28 | The administrative receiver appointed , Touche Ross , was instrumental in persuading the Revenue to allow shareholders to write off the value of the shares against capital gains tax . |
| 29 | In order to get a true comparison between the firms ( and accordingly between the contributions , both capital and income generating , of their partners ) it may be necessary : ( 1 ) to revalue capital assets to a common date ; ( 2 ) to bring in the profits from the disposal of any property not required by the merged firm ; ( 3 ) to devise some means of compensation if goodwill is to be written out of account where it has previously been treated as an asset in which the partners have a share ; ( 4 ) where work in progress features in the accounts of one of the firms , to eliminate it by billing or to write it off against the capital accounts of that firm 's partners ; ( 5 ) to settle how bad debts are to be treated post-merger , either charged generally against the new firm or separately against the partners of the old firms ; ( 6 ) to write off the value of old fixtures and fittings ; ( 7 ) to revise profit and loss accounts to a common accounting date . |
| 30 | IT IS EASY to write off the Science Museum as somewhere you have already visited . |