Example sentences of "[verb] i off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | It it 's er really put me off the track there , I 'm sorry I . |
3 | He was trying to put me off the scent , perhaps , trying to explain , trying to seem reasonable . |
4 | But PC Jobson , a policeman for seven years , said : ‘ This wo n't put me off the job . |
5 | 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 . |