Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] off [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got off my bicycle and stood there in Bromley High Street , next to the plaque that said ‘ H. G. Wells was born here ’ . |
| 2 | I got off my horse . |
| 3 | At last we are going aboard a tank-landing craft : I slip off my rucksack , assemble the bagpipes , a couple of minutes to tune up , then on with the rucksack and we march on to the craft to the tune Highland Laddie . |
| 4 | I snatched off my cap and sat trembling among a group of elderly farmers and their wives . |
| 5 | I leap off my spot and down into the cabin where it sits in a predominant place . |
| 6 | As soon as I arrive home at night I wash off my make-up and pull on my scruffiest clothes . |
| 7 | I shook off his hand . |
| 8 | I pulled off my shirt and threw it beyond the woodpile . |
| 9 | I pulled off my rucksack , fetched out the flask and smashed it over his head . |
| 10 | But how dare I cut off my mother 's hair ? |
| 11 | My mother looked dissatisfied , but I switched off my bedroom light and we were moving downstairs towards Robert and the tray of martinis . |
| 12 | When the jobs were done , I switched off my torch and lay on my back listening to a gerbil skidding up and down the tent under the fly-sheet . |
| 13 | Then she remembered someone taking off her nightgown , and a brisk woman in a white starched uniform saying something about going into the theatre — and she saw the doctor again , talking earnestly to a man in a long white gown who was pulling on a pair of rubber gloves … . |
| 14 | When I switch off my lamp I switch on me , and vice versa , with no trouble at all . |
| 15 | The half-hour is up , but as I turn off my tape recorder , Lord Archer shows no signs of wanting to finish . |
| 16 | He was shocked when I took off my shirt in the street to get some damn sun on my tits . |
| 17 | In the meantime , the sheep took off on cue and I could hear they had reached the Lion by the din coming from the main bar , I was put in a police van and off to the " cop-shop " ; when I took off my smock and the stupid hat there really was a frightened wing commander underneath . |
| 18 | I took off my dressing-gown and went back to bed . |
| 19 | I took off my jacket and set about clearing up dead birds . |
| 20 | I took off my jacket and rolled up my shirtsleeves . |
| 21 | By that time the sun was well up , and I took off my jacket to lay it with my bags and binoculars . |
| 22 | I took off my cloak and immediately began to thread the fabric through the hole . |
| 23 | I took off my shoulder bag and binoculars and hung them on nails hammered into the slightly crumbling concrete . |
| 24 | ‘ Would it help if I took off my tie ? ’ he asked . |
| 25 | In other words , I took off my tie and transferred money , keys and a pack of Piccadilly No . |
| 26 | Slowly I took off my wedding dress and veil . |
| 27 | So I took off my spacesuit . |
| 28 | I was wearing the King 's ring , but I took off my Rassendyll family ring and gave it to her . |
| 29 | I took off my tin hat to feel the sun on my face . |
| 30 | I took off my coat quickly and tossed it on the chair in front of my desk . |