Example sentences of "[vb infin] off [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WORLD-BEATING Merseyside high jumper Steve Smith leapt into a war of words with chief coach Frank Dick after learning he must jump off with rival Dalton Grant for a place in the British European Cup team . |
| 2 | gon na fall off with any . |
| 3 | His legs will probably fall off at some stupid rave if he 's not careful he 'll be dancing so much cos he 's on twenty thousand and his bloody legs 'll fall off . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't know she 'd fall off like that ! ’ |
| 5 | Again , let the surface dry and finish off with two coats of polyurethane and wax as for the straight sanding process . |
| 6 | Please be aware that there will be quite a few people using the bridge around 0830 , although this should ease off towards 0900 . |
| 7 | It can also spread to the neck , arm or jaw and does n't usually ease off for several hours . |
| 8 | Shall I send off for that ? |
| 9 | I 'll send off for some stuff . |
| 10 | I was so disappointed to find out that , because I work for the company , I could not send off for three free tea towels and a £1 gift voucher being offered as part of a Hovis and JS combined promotion . |
| 11 | Well — the man is old and can no longer show off in such an aria as that in Act II — ‘ Fuor del mar ho un mar nel seno ’ . |
| 12 | About midnight we shall head off to Central Office . ’ |
| 13 | The encounter can break off at any stage in the process of escalation . |
| 14 | If it is only 20 francs , Father will perhaps give me another 10 … and then I 'll rush off at tremendous speed . ’ |
| 15 | I dug the idea of being free enough to just goof off from incessant maths homework . |
| 16 | She could run off with all the stock ! |
| 17 | Oh , please do n't let him be a thief , she prayed ; please do n't let him run off with all the woman 's stock . |
| 18 | Yeah I would n't run off with that mate |
| 19 | do n't run off with that skirt cos I 'm wearing it tomorrow . |
| 20 | She should n't run off with any of his old mates or she would get a good hiding when he came home . |
| 21 | ‘ You must n't run off like that , Richard . |
| 22 | ‘ Why 'd you run off like that ? ’ |
| 23 | And once in a while Elvis did dash off on some divine business or other . |
| 24 | Then : ‘ Better still , let's dash off to Nice now and have one more night here . ’ |
| 25 | He was careful at first but he soon started to leap about and dash off in all directions . |
| 26 | Just to sort of tear off on that . |
| 27 | She looked as though she might slide off at any moment . |
| 28 | The actors from the Rites Of Passage company will stop off at Methodist Central Hall for a flashback to the Last Supper . |
| 29 | For example , migrating wading birds may stop off at particular estuaries en route from winter feeding grounds to summer breeding grounds ; and we will meet more examples ( eg of fish breeding in mangroves or coral reefs ) in the next chapter . |
| 30 | The snow did n't slack off for 36 hours . |