Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Rose suggested that they write to Luke to ask him to meet Maggie off the train when she got to London Moran was furious . |
| 2 | In so doing , he avenged a 16–13 defeat by Parrott at Preston a year ago and prevented the 28-year-old Liverpudlian from knocking Hendry off the top of the world rankings . |
| 3 | ‘ Something like 90,000 acres of trees per minute are being chopped down all over the world , ’ contributed Lydia off the top of her head . |
| 4 | The tabloids seemed hell-bent on knocking Diana off the pedestal they had put her on , determined to prove , or invent if necessary , that she had a roving eye . |
| 5 | I 'm meeting Lucy off the train later on anyway , and if you want to know the truth ’ — he looked about him with rolling eyes — ‘ I 'm completely pissed off with the whole of this bloody set-up . |
| 6 | ‘ At the time , he thought — no , it was almost as if he was hoping — that someone had pushed Klein off the cliff . |
| 7 | ‘ We played Linfield off the pitch and deserved to win . |
| 8 | A win would lift Oxford off the foot of the table . |
| 9 | Paula is back in top gear Shape-up on the beach says Rosemary Off the booze : model Paula Hamilton Liverpool visitor … |
| 10 | Let Alice off the hook . |
| 11 | Mansell led Patrese off the grid towards the Curva do Senna , and Senna fought his way ahead of Schumacher . |
| 12 | Parry , having got Llanelli off the mark , gifted them their final try five minutes later as Pontypool attacked near the opposition 's 10-metre line . |
| 13 | During the long drawn out hostage crisis the American people had watched impotently , wondering how it was that a nation with the supposed military capability to wipe Russia off the map at the push of a button could do nothing . |
| 14 | The disappointing slowness of the pitch allowed both openers to play Malcolm off the back foot , and therefore to drive his attempted yorkers . |
| 15 | Despite appearing to be dumping on IBM Corp from a great height with its agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc — it points out users can move CICS off the mainframe and that mainframe upgrades can cost up to five times the price of an entire Sparccenter 2000 , Micro Focus Plc was yesterday also able to announce that it has won agreement with IBM for an expansion of their long-term relationship in MVS emulation products . |
| 16 | Cardiff swept to a 46-12 win over Aberavon , and their eight tries knocked Swansea off the top of the Heineken League for the first time since February 5 . |
| 17 | Eve had said not only was she going to be free for lunch , she would meet Benny off the bus and walk her up to University College . |
| 18 | ‘ Yes , well , I 'd already crossed Belgravia off the list , ’ Preston confessed . |
| 19 | Auntie said : " I thought I 'd go and meet Billy off the school bus . " |
| 20 | I was determined not to let Alec off the hook . |
| 21 | James pulled Richard off the windowsill and sat on his head . |
| 22 | PREMIER John Major was ambushed by the Germans last night in a move which could force Britain off the road to European unity . |
| 23 | Sparc chip set house Nimbus Technologies Inc last week was getting set to acknowledge what is already street gossip : that Cypress Semiconductor Corp , or rather its Ross Technology Inc subsidiary , got Nimbus off the ground with an initial ‘ joint development ’ investment round about $1.5m . |
| 24 | In August 1931 the Labour Government collapsed , and Macdonald emerged to lead a Conservative-dominated National Government which , within months , took Britain off the Gold Standard and introduced protective tariffs . |
| 25 | Only Barrow keep Salford off the bottom of the table , and while the Cumbrians already appear resigned to relegation , the Mancunians , who have spent considerable sums on rugby union internationals such as Adrian Hadley and Peter Williams in recent seasons , had their sights set higher . |
| 26 | I pulled in there as it seemed a good place to get Armstrong off the road and it was only then I saw that it was in fact an unmade road curving away round the back of the hill . |
| 27 | The new decision does not let Hampshire off the hook — the county must still find room for 66,500 new homes — but it accedes to the county 's own view that it can find the space more sensibly outside the north-east or central parts of the county . |
| 28 | Well maybe she was doing it to get Pete off the hook then . |
| 29 | ‘ You mean we cross Ashenden off the suspect-list ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Jamie , did you let Patty off the lead ? ’ |