Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [to-vb] off [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nula , 32 , of North London , has had to fight off an attacker at a bus stop and survive a nightmare ride with a sinister mini-cab driver . |
| 2 | Since taking over as Brazil 's manager on 6 January , Sebastiano Lazaroni has attempted to pull off a transformation that has hitherto seemed impossible in Brazilian football . |
| 3 | The Dowty group has failed to fight off a hostile bid by T-I , one of Britain 's largest engineering firms . |
| 4 | An aerospace company will hear tomorrow whether it has managed to fight off a takeover bid . |
| 5 | One of the region 's independent breweries has managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid — at least for the time being . |
| 6 | Instead of having to cancel a trip to the Blue Mountains , she 'd had to put off a trip to the Blue Danube . |
| 7 | I do n't think he 'd have wanted to jump off a cliff or anything , but I think it bothered him — you know , the weight gain and things like that . ’ |
| 8 | The finance divisional manager , Stephen Hughes , said 246 tenants had agreed to pay off the arrears in instalments , and it was hoped more would follow suit . |
| 9 | Ada Gaily had remembered to switch off the refrigerator . |
| 10 | The Abingdon-based Morland brewers will know tomorrow if they 've managed to fight off a hostile takeover bid . |
| 11 | It had been painful to watch her struggle for her self-respect , but she had managed to ward off the threatened nervous breakdown . |
| 12 | Once Duncan had managed to fire off a report and stop his watch-replacement from stumbling on the terrorists , he had settled down to keep an eye on the gang . |
| 13 | The Hibs manager , Alex Miller , was also disappointed , because leading scorer , Darren Jackson , had failed to shake off the stomach injury which had seen him miss the Scottish Cup victory over Cowdenbeath earlier in the week . |
| 14 | To the west of the caravan sites , owners of caravans and beach huts have tried to close off an access road along the back of the sea defences . |
| 15 | The same can be said for President Rafsanjani , Iran 's moderate leader who remained determined to fend off the radicals and to end Iran 's isolations . |