Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] off the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Put them off the scent . ’ |
| 2 | No , I mean , strangely enough that was one of the things that almost put me off the relationship in the first place because I 'd never had any desire to be a mother . |
| 3 | It it 's er really put me off the track there , I 'm sorry I . |
| 4 | Of course at school they always tell you that you should do a secretarial course , which was absolutely dreadful , and they put you off the idea of a career in the theatre just as much as they can . |
| 5 | Let none of these warnings and precautions put you off the adventure and excitement of collecting in this field if you have an inclination that way . |
| 6 | ‘ Leonora , does the fact that I 've been married before put you off the thought of becoming my wife ? ’ |
| 7 | He was trying to put me off the scent , perhaps , trying to explain , trying to seem reasonable . |
| 8 | ‘ I decided to put them off the scent . ’ |
| 9 | Having done my best to put you off the Bar , I must add that the public interest strongly requires that the profession should continue to attract a flow of top quality recruits . |
| 10 | ‘ Is n't it possible , though , that the other girl could be a hundred kilometres from here and that this one was dumped here to put you off the scent ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Almost anything , ’ said Roland , suddenly wanting to put him off the trail . |
| 12 | To put her off the scent and give her something else to think about , Rory had put Candy in charge of organising the children 's party . |
| 13 | Of course , it could be a clever charade orchestrated by Rene to put us off the track . |
| 14 | No doubt there was method in the smugglers ' madness , perhaps the very unsuitability of the area was a ploy to put us off the scent . |
| 15 | That put them off the scent . |
| 16 | But PC Jobson , a policeman for seven years , said : ‘ This wo n't put me off the job . |
| 17 | But the fact that , in the face of the overpowering evidence against the addiction , he had finally managed to give up all that time ago , combined with the fact that the pain was in the shoulder blade and not the chest , had contributed to putting me off the scent . |
| 18 | You might make sales , you 'll certainly make contacts and it probably wo n't put you off the world of TV forever . |
| 19 | Have I put you off the idea of knitting for profit ? |
| 20 | The strangeness of this music puts you off the scent of its skillfulness , which is a shame in a way , but there 's absolutely no way it is unintentional . |
| 21 | The strangeness of this music puts you off the scent of its skillfulness , which is a shame in a way , but there 's absolutely no way it is unintentional . |
| 22 | I put him off the idea of going shopping with me . |
| 23 | They act out their role in a number of scenarios with an actor , such as meeting for the first time , attracting the man 's attention , and putting him off the trail . |
| 24 | When Johnson , as we know he did , dipped into Boswell 's Hebrides Journal , its tone can not have put him off the notion of Boswell writing a Life . |