Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was illogical to accept that an accord and satisfaction fell within s 286(5) but fell outside s 287(1) , which referred to where a company releases or writes off the whole or part of the debt . |
| 2 | Inflation of the theatricality of the social drama leads detectives to lay emphasis on ‘ the big job ’ and the arrest of the professional ‘ prig ’ who commits the big burglary or pulls off a daring robbery . |
| 3 | ‘ It has proved reliable , and the fact that it is four-wheel drive is very handy if you 're coping with a greasy slipway or launching off a beach , ’ says Peaks . |
| 4 | Fine to medium paintbrushes are useful for moving flowers and leaves around , and for brushing hairs and fluff off the design once you have finished it . |
| 5 | The result will also give a huge lift to Alex Ferguson 's Manchester United team who were originally due to travel to Norwich today but went there instead on Tuesday and pulled off a significant victory . |
| 6 | We spilt a few beans and touched the odd ( female ) nerve and laughed off a few fiascos . |
| 7 | We should have knocked in a couple of goals and killed off the game . ’ |
| 8 | Then you go over the seat and hang off the inside , but you still keep a lot of weight on that outside peg and you put on some more if the tyre starts really sliding . ’ |
| 9 | Other drivers had taken a break and carried off a number of her fellow spectators , but Simon had yet to appear . |
| 10 | On hearing the Cherokee 's electric fuel pump still operating the instructor asked the Cherokee pilot to return to his aircraft and turn off the fuel cock and battery master switch . |
| 11 | Done it easy , shoved a gun into his mouth and squeezed off a ScumStopper through the roof of his mouth , exploded his brain . |
| 12 | Immediately another shot cracked from the doorway and ricocheted off a rock a couple of yards to his right . |
| 13 | he said that will all look bad on him he said if he sold it and er do n't I , he , he said he 's got two choices , he either sells that car and pays off the loan in both your names or he , he sells that car and gives you half |
| 14 | He reached inside the car and switched off the ignition , grinning all the time . |
| 15 | It also emphasizes the need for ‘ money-spinning ’ enterprises if the smallholder is to rise above a very bare subsistence living and pay off a mortgage at the same time . |
| 16 | Had the sentry panicked at the sound of a galloping horse and fired off a lucky shot , or was there a more sinister design ? |
| 17 | In the kitchen , a major contribution to safety is carefulness when using fat for cooking purposes ; if it ignites , the most effective way of controlling the blaze is to cover the pan with a lid or metal tray and turn off the heat supply to the cooking apparatus . |
| 18 | ‘ Luckily we were on to their plan and switched off the power before we moved in . ’ |
| 19 | The dry bracken crackled beneath his feet and gave off a pungent aroma . |
| 20 | Some of these might , I am sure , change their opinion as Wheen fills in the gaps and rounds off an account of a long career that began in 1920s aesthetic Oxford and finished in a heart attack in a London taxi almost 50 years later . |
| 21 | During an unprecedented Balmoral summit , he will thrash out a pay-as-you-earn plan with the Queen and stave off a constitutional crisis . |
| 22 | Some systems will drain the machine and switch off the water supply if there is an internal leak . |
| 23 | Get some syphon tubing from a shop that sells home-brewing equipment and cut off a manageable length . |
| 24 | Or , if you can get a lower rate of interest , you could re-mortgage , ie , take out a larger loan with a new lender and pay off the old mortgage . |
| 25 | It was something that Harriet had particularly noticed and which made her both angry yet hopeful : angry that her daughter could not or would not always behave in such a way and hopeful that perhaps some day Liza would come to her senses and throw off the mask of invalidism behind which Harriet felt sure she was hiding . |
| 26 | Huckerby , a worried-looking , balding man , had a responsible position which basically involved overseeing editorial expenditure and running the paper day to day , but was best known for fussing round the office collecting old coffee cups and switching off the lights last thing at night . |
| 27 | Five minutes treatment in a fresh water bath ( N.B. this must be dechlorinated , well-aerated and adjusted to within 0.2 pH units of the aquarium water using pH adjuster or sodium bicarbonate and an accurate pH kit/meter ) will cause the flukes to release their hold and drop off the fish . |
| 28 | Before that , though , I opened a can of whole chicken and ripped off a leg dribbling with jelly . |
| 29 | Ask for brown-bread toast and leave off the butter ! |
| 30 | At the time of Cats , for example , there were lots of offers to turn that into a film , but his instinct was to keep it as a musical play and hold off the film offers . |