Example sentences of "[verb] off [prep] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They coped with the pressure admirably , with central defenders Rogan and Ball , who was carried off with knee ligament damage early in the second half , outstanding . |
| 2 | She starts off in chicken stuffer 's uniform as seen in Letter To Brezhnev and ends up in designer punk bondage dress and boxing boots . |
| 3 | Landing gear torn off by stone wall during forced landing |
| 4 | Man 's legs torn off in car smash |
| 5 | As revealed in yesterday 's Echo exclusive , Elliott , stretchered off with cruciate ligament damage at Anfield two months ago , is ready to launch legal action even though he is optimistic of making a full recovery from the injury . |
| 6 | What is confusing about locality is the romance attached to the concept which implies that remote governments have somehow been thrust off by street corner society . |
| 7 | Willie had already helped paint the scenery but had been asked to take over as prompter when Matthew Browne had been suddenly whisked off to boarding school . |
| 8 | In autumn when the plants have begun to die down naturally the perennials should have their flowered stems cut off at ground level , if not already done , and annuals should be dug up and put for compost . |
| 9 | So , with my admittedly low-status credit card tucked into my wallet , why should n't we head off to Polo Park and fulfill some of my high-grade expectations . |
| 10 | For a start , this will mean cars wo n't have to be driven into concrete blocks at 30mph , or be written off in seatbelt anchorage tests , saving the cost of at least two expensive prototypes . |
| 11 | In the meantime , if you want to set off with road map and cheque book , then get the new editions of the Factory Shop Guide . |
| 12 | RAM raiders smashed their way into Debenham 's in Middlesbrough , left sports clothes strewn across the road and made off with clothing worth over £2,000 , Teesside Crown Court heard . |
| 13 | They made off with hi-fi equipment , three cameras , two antique clocks , china and an anorak worth a total of £1,500 from a house at Easby . |
| 14 | They made off with hi-fi equipment , three cameras , two antique clocks , china and an anorak worth a total of £1,500 from a house at Easby . |
| 15 | What with Windows World upon us , Unix System Laboratories Inc , possibly a victim of show envy , is branching off into show business . |
| 16 | What with Windows World upon us , Unix System Labs , possibly a victim of show envy , is branching off into show business . |
| 17 | He entered the action after 17 minutes when Ian Rush limped off with hamstring trouble . |
| 18 | Now they are to be scrapped and sold off as scrap metal . |
| 19 | Diplomatic relations with the USA had been broken off after World War II , following Albanian suspicions that attempts were being made to subvert the communist regime of Enver Hoxha , who had taken power in 1944 ; relations with the Soviet Union were severed in 1961 following ideological disputes . |
| 20 | One corner of this shop is partitioned off for brake work , brake testing , metalling of axle-box and other bearings and for dealing with passenger communication apparatus , etc . |
| 21 | After lunch he took her to the shops in the wide , tree-lined avenues , and though from time to time she was out of his sight she had no doubt whatever that he still thought she would rush off to telegraph news to her magazine if she got half a chance . |
| 22 | Hue and Cry jet off to Sigma Sound , NYC , to work with Jimmy Biondolillo ( Sinatra 's strings arranger ) and the horn section James Brown used for Living in America . |
| 23 | Passive wanking Vicky Hutchings marches off with Class War , and gets a big surprise |
| 24 | ELECTION WATCH Passive wanking Vicky Hutchings marches off with Class War , and gets a big surprise Saturday 4 April |
| 25 | TV Walker kicks off in soccer war |
| 26 | The neutrino normally given off in beta decay is a first-generation neutrino , and called an ‘ electron neutrino ’ . |
| 27 | And John Kelly , who had to go off with hamstring trouble , is also out of tonight 's match . |
| 28 | Travelling the whole way from New Ross , Southern Ireland , paid off for Arklow Pipe Band , who won top honours in Grade 4A . |
| 29 | We are both pulling off into Polo Park , a large two-storey shopping mall which is our city 's pleasure palace of conspicuous consumption . |
| 30 | Mr. Harry Payne captained the other side and , instead of a normal kick-off , the two gentlemen bullied off in hockey fashion , Mr. Gordon with a wooden-shafted golf club , his opponent with a cricket bat . |