Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] off [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | One girl wanted to cover him in whipped cream and honey and then slowly lick off every bit . |
2 | ‘ If students are going to be landed with a debt at the end of three years , they are going to choose vocational courses so that they can be certain of getting a job when they graduate and so pay off the loan . ’ |
3 | well was it the diameter divided by the circumference or was it the other way round , and you right them on paper and C over D , D over C , does n't look any different , and you get locked into the problem and you just back off a bit and think of something real , like when you measured it |
4 | There 's something about that flight … every time you do it , you just get off the plane shaking your head and thinking how incredibly tolerant the staff are . |
5 | Most have spent all their sentient life as paid-up devotees , and the glib phrases soon roll off the tongue . |
6 | State administrative agencies thus feed off the results of interest-group pressure , and interest groups find in the administration multiple points of access through which they can influence the formulation of government policy . |
7 | Some parents just switch off the alarm after the initial wetting , fail to change the bed , and leave the child so that there is no real opportunity for the child to learn . |
8 | Yet when the rich who largely live off the proceeds of other people 's labour are marginally threatened we are supposed to feel concern at the loss of ‘ incentive ’ this might entail . |
9 | Just take off the clothes . ’ |
10 | Oh no I hate it when than ha when that happens , you fucking pull off the corner and the top do n't come off . |
11 | Sometimes , some of them would try and be clever and just step off the pavement . |
12 | TRAWLER skipper Peter Storey , 44 , netted his biggest ever catch off the Sussex coast yesterday — 130lb of can-nabis in a cylinder worth £250,000 . |
13 | Always turn off the water at the mains stopcock first ( or tie up the ballvalve ) and turn on all taps ( provided the sink and basin wastes are n't frozen up ! ) and then attempt to trace the position of the burst . |
14 | Electrics Always turn off the television , video and stereo when they are not in use . |
15 | Perhaps the easiest way around this is to make a note of which side you started and only ever turn off the machine when the carriage is on that side . |
16 | Carefully prise off the end battens . |
17 | With the blackest hair she had ever seen , swept straight back off the forehead . |
18 | Another idea is to coat one side of clean leaves with melted chocolate , leave to set and then carefully peel off the leaves . |
19 | Turn the cooked sponge on to this and carefully peel off the paper . |
20 | Ease the cheesecake out of the tin and carefully peel off the foil to serve it . |
21 | I jump so hard I nearly fall off the board . |
22 | I could tell she was angry and I was ready to cry , but Frankie pulled me roughly back off the step and we turned to leave . |
23 | While carrying out research for my book , Our Treacherous Hearts : Why Women Let Men Get Their Way ( Faber & Faber , £14.99 ) , I found that men are not only often let off the hook by women , but are actively ‘ idealised ’ by them . |
24 | Now clear off the pair of yer . ’ |
25 | Now get off the phone , Robert , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
26 | Following Botham Wanderers ' defeat , we now move off the bottom for the first time in four months . |
27 | Will the right hon. Gentleman now throw off the veto of his Minister of State and have the courage to meet us to argue and discuss the case ? |
28 | In the distance was a large L-shaped residence , also well back off the road . |
29 | Simply peel off the cover , pop the plastic pack in the microwave and in no time at all you have a tasty meal for one . |
30 | He was n't even let off the hook when it was all over . |