Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] off [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the novel progresses , more and more details ( like the protagonists ' arrival at an island not marked on any charts ) are released which trigger off fears of their being the victims of conspiracy . |
| 2 | The Humber has been a barrier which cut off trade to the south . |
| 3 | This is a major cause of physical handicap , but the insertion of valves which drain off fluid to the heart have reduced the risk of brain damage . |
| 4 | Authors at the conference , in social and business sessions include Shirley Hughes and Aidan Chambers , who round off conference at the Random House Breakfast on Wednesday , Anthony Sampson , Terence Blacker and Terry Pratchett , the guest of honour at the annual dinner dance . |
| 5 | with his permission he thought it was funny he saw the funny side of it as well , but they had this big argument for five minutes cos he thought what he 'd done was right and he said Jesus , I 've been using this for three years for the training in the branch er it makes you wonder does n't it erm but if you 're gon na do practical applications you 've got ta give people relevant examples perhaps you start off basics with an example that is correct and then you start building on that do n't you then you start giving them the deviations and all this sort of stuff . |
| 6 | Or take pedestrians : again there 's a minority who step off kerbs without looking , or ‘ jay-walk ’ among the traffic , but would this be an argument against better facilities for pedestrians ? |
| 7 | At a preview it was introduced live by John Butcher MP , Under-secretary of state for Industry , asserting that futurologists who write off Britain as an industrial nation are ‘ talking a load of hooey ’ . |
| 8 | We let off steam in graffiti , vandalism and football hooliganism . |
| 9 | I 'd been told about the Afon Por-Gilli but never got around to finding and paddling it so when I found that I had the first Wednesday of the month off we set off westbound across the border . |
| 10 | In the pilot we go off mine-detecting on the Isle of Wight and discover some lizards . ’ |
| 11 | He watched them go off hand in hand , and then he wandered away across the quarry , heading for the old manager 's office . |
| 12 | As there was no established pattern of dancing attached to ‘ trad ’ they let off steam by inventing their own steps , often with wild abandon . |
| 13 | They write off Ireland as a spent force , which in my experience is a foolish thing to do . |