Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb base] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they fan off the loose and close down the spaces for the fly-half or blind-side winger . |
| 2 | If you put your hands up you go off the field . ’ |
| 3 | It takes them long enough to cut a way through to the chimney of the air shaft , sawing through the rhodie branches and tearing away the brambles and other undergrowth ; then they lever off the iron grating over the shaft without any difficulty , and one of the younger cops , in an overall and a hard hat , wraps the rope around himself — proper climbing rope they had in the back of one of the Range Rovers — and abseils down into the darkness . |
| 4 | From first thing in the morning , when you turn off the clock-radio , throw back the fibre-filled duvet and activate the toaster , to the end of the day when you switch the TV off and the kettle on , plastic items have become an indispensable part of our lives . |
| 5 | Afterwards , when you take off the string , the soft fingers at the end of the arm have hardened into claws . ’ |
| 6 | Instead they tick off the names of influential foreigners in GE 's hierarchy and cite the company 's large international sales and profit figures . |