Example sentences of "off [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For that matter , dare one write off Allan lamb 's Test career ? |
| 2 | Mr Chatichai has to rebuild his government 's popularity if he is to fend off General Chaovalit . |
| 3 | On the night of Saturday 12 November , just as Forster , 180 miles [ 290 km ] away at Preston , was fighting off General Carpenter , he faced Argyll at Sheriffmuir , a large open space six miles [ 10 km ] north of Stirling . |
| 4 | He could pay off Newton from a fraction of Amaryllis 's dowry — he must see that Newton had no idea as to the real size of it — then he could be rid of him . |
| 5 | When Wickham asked why Pascoe had not been paid off Shildon adopted his sarcastic tone . |
| 6 | Biggest home win was a month ago against Halifax , so they need to find this form again to shake off Colchester at Edgar Street . |
| 7 | buying old say a scrapped a written off Sierra you know , picking them up cheap for about a thousand quid from the scrappy |
| 8 | So he took a stroll down to the City Hospital , dressed up in a white overall , walked into the room and finished off Mahoney . |
| 9 | Anyway , if it was one of those guys , he also finished off Mahoney . |
| 10 | There were no further messages on the tape , and as it was switched off Lucy found her thoughts being dragged unwillingly back to the question of Doreen Andrews . |
| 11 | Celtic skipper Paul McStay had a glorious chance to kill off Dundee two minutes from the end , but Bain cleared his shot off the line . |
| 12 | ‘ Now that we have killed off Rex and Woodbum , we seem to have killed off our chances of having them lead us to the Presley hoard . ’ |
| 13 | Billingham Synthonia finished off Blyth 's championship hopes by beating them 2–1 at Central Avenue . |
| 14 | He shook off Dana 's hand and walked heavily away . |
| 15 | NEWCASTLE 'S Gavin Peacock is on course for his best goalscoring season after his 11th goal in 20 games killed off WATFORD in a 2–0 victory . |
| 16 | GAVIN PEACOCK is on course for his best goalscoring season after his 11th goal in 20 games killed off Watford . |
| 17 | Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat , the Brunei banker who helped Standard Chartered fend off Lloyds Bank 's £1.3 billion bid six years ago , has increased his stake by 1 p.c. to 14 p.c . |
| 18 | But the big three supermarket chains deny their high court action is to kill off Costco . |
| 19 | Standing a magnificent 12 inches high , Action Man looks set to see off Ken — Barbie 's beau — who stands just 11½ inches tall . |
| 20 | Gaveston raised a hand to fend off Corbett 's objections . |
| 21 | The SOS ( Switch Off Saturday ) message is the latest phase in the campaign to save 31 pits and 30,000 jobs threatened by British Coal 's closure programme . |
| 22 | I 'm not sure I agree with writing off Wetherall . |
| 23 | Queen Victoria , whom she made perpetual coarse jokes about in a way that struck people as uncalled for , had put her off marriage in the same way that she had put her off Scotland . |
| 24 | The Midland is owed millions of pounds by Brazil , and profits would go toward paying off Brazil 's debt . |
| 25 | But the champion trainer is refusing to write off Miinnehoma , who is now almost certain to miss the Welsh National in three weeks . |
| 26 | They write off Ireland as a spent force , which in my experience is a foolish thing to do . |
| 27 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
| 28 | The only game that fitted his plans on Friday night was at far off Newhaven , normally only visited en route to Dieppe . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think I want to know about this , ’ said Melanie , trying in vain to shake off Carol 's arm . |
| 30 | SCRIPTWRITER David Yallop planned to pep up EastEnders by killing off Pete Beale with an IRA bomb . |