Example sentences of "[be] trying [verb] [pron] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're trying to sell everything off are n't they ? |
| 2 | They 're trying to pick it off and doing it on the big grass . |
| 3 | Christopher 's voice broke into her thoughts : ‘ You 're trying to put me off . ’ |
| 4 | They 're trying to put us off in because of the |
| 5 | They 're trying to buy me off in hopes I 'll bow to their idiotic new arrangements without a bleat . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You mean you 're trying to buy me off ? ’ |
| 7 | The pollution control men are not impressed with the lavish reception , King observing as he eats , ‘ They 're trying to buy us off now . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You 're trying to get me off with her , ’ he said . |
| 9 | I must also apologize if I seemed to be trying to put you off them . |
| 10 | Why why do you think people were trying to put you off ? |
| 11 | ‘ Manfred and Gloria said they 'd met them and were trying to shake them off , ’ Mick replied . |
| 12 | As fast as the Prince could comply , however , the press were trying to marry him off . |
| 13 | After all , the press have been trying to marry me off for years . ’ |
| 14 | He 's trying to pass it off lightly , thought Karelius . |
| 15 | But no , the kids had stopped laughing they all say she 's trying to tell me off ! ! |
| 16 | He was jabbing at the man with the clenched fist of his other hand , and Gómez , taken by surprise , was trying to hold him off . |
| 17 | I did that one day when things got hairier than usual , went down to where some bandit was trying to rip us off and practically rubbed beards with him and shouted into his face I Want To Work For Christ 's Sake Let Me Work , but Vic said that was n't being helpful . |
| 18 | He was trying to put me off the scent , perhaps , trying to explain , trying to seem reasonable . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought she was trying to marry you off . ’ |
| 20 | The girl was trying to fight him off , was kicking his shins vigorously , trying to hold her face away from his , and was giving vent to muffled shouts , which were , of necessity , growing feebler and feebler as her strength ran out . |
| 21 | She was trying to frighten me off , of course . |
| 22 | She was trying to rub it off ! |
| 23 | Sceptical officers thought he was trying to pass himself off as motor racing 's world champ . |