Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to finish off the letter now anyway . |
| 2 | So I can finish off the , I want to finish off the letter now . |
| 3 | I like starting off the day with a ten mile run followed by |
| 4 | ‘ You mean I 've set off the alarms ? |
| 5 | I have written off the cost on a straight line basis in the accounts and the inspector has disallowed this for tax purposes . |
| 6 | I stop at my usual vantage point and even before I have switched off the engine I see the otter . |
| 7 | Use the cell phone ; let the caller know as soon as you 've switched off the alarms . |
| 8 | Just as you have written off the 1991 vintage in France , a sample appears on the doorstep to confound you . |
| 9 | But if , say , they use £ 10-worth of it right away , £10-worth three weeks later , and save the final £10-worth until they 've paid off the check ‘ so that I do n't owe anyone ’ , the true rate of interest works out at about 400 per cent . |
| 10 | Morland bosses say they 've pulled off the escape of the decade |
| 11 | Given this pattern of repeat business , and of agents who have a collection round which week after week includes the same customers , it is typical for customers to start another check when they have paid off the one before . |