Example sentences of "[be] trying [verb] me off " in BNC.
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1 | Christopher 's voice broke into her thoughts : ‘ You 're trying to put me off . ’ |
2 | They 're trying to buy me off in hopes I 'll bow to their idiotic new arrangements without a bleat . ’ |
3 | ‘ You mean you 're trying to buy me off ? ’ |
4 | ‘ You 're trying to get me off with her , ’ he said . |
5 | After all , the press have been trying to marry me off for years . ’ |
6 | But no , the kids had stopped laughing they all say she 's trying to tell me off ! ! |
7 | He was trying to put me off the scent , perhaps , trying to explain , trying to seem reasonable . |
8 | She was trying to frighten me off , of course . |