Example sentences of "[verb] off [det] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A senior American official said Bill Clinton planned to write off half the debts owed to the United States by Africa 's 18 poorest countries . |
| 2 | In fact , due to a fault in assembly all the arms came off all the chairs . |
| 3 | When you are preparing rhubarb , cut off all the leaves , which are poisonous , and chop off the other end along with any brown parts . |
| 4 | This is particularly important in a three-act ballet where any temptation to display dance ‘ for its own sake ’ can lead to the introduction of divertissements merely to fill in time or show off all the dancers in the company , but is not concerned with the unfolding of the story . |
| 5 | ‘ The SSD laid off the rower for poor performance , sold off all the paddles , cancelled all the capital investment for new equipment , halted the development of a new canoe , awarded high performance awards to the consultants and distributed the money saved to senior management . ’ |
| 6 | Then , usually , he set more puffball to smoke in underneath , to kill off all the bees , and they would move on to the next hive . |
| 7 | A leading City analyst described the move as ‘ very sensible — just the thing to kill off all the rumours about a convertible issue we were hearing six weeks ago ’ . |
| 8 | Cos I had an occasion where I had a , a replacement door it was my own house and they ripped off half the screws . |
| 9 | The US government is considering selling off all the satellites to a private company . |
| 10 | In that way you will either have a subtle blend of colours that is always pleasing to look at , or a bright cheerful picture that shows off all the flowers . |
| 11 | She slipped on a figure-hugging beige dress which showed off all the curves that still managed to exist in the right places , despite her total aversion to most forms of exercise , apart from dancing . |
| 12 | In founding Lampsacus they killed off all the natives , but they did it in self-defence ; the daughter of the local king had warned them of the impending attack . |
| 13 | Miller had been forced to transplant some of these just as they were coming into flower , but by cutting off all the buds , placing them in a wet trench and watering continuously until they became established , he was able , in August and September to pick flowers ‘ as fair as those produced in June ’ . |
| 14 | He stood back , looking at his handiwork , then crossed to the wall and switched off all the lights but one — the spot that picked out her naked rump . |
| 15 | We counsel people if they are in debt to other organisations as well as ourselves we offer money advice to help them to manage their debts so that they pay off all the debts at |
| 16 | If we took off all the frills , altered the neck , took the waist in a tiny bit … ’ |
| 17 | With a gun held at his head he was forced to turn off all the alarms . |
| 18 | The people backing it ‘ bunkered ’ ( disappeared with the money ) and as Producer Tiller felt morally bound to pay off all the artistes himself as well as to find their return fares . |
| 19 | To cast off the set of stitches , return all the stitches to working position , work one row at main tension followed by one row at tension 10 and cast off all the stitches in one line . |
| 20 | Dry off all the bits you were soaking in the soapy water . |
| 21 | Perhaps we should fence off all the roads , down to a depth of several feet and a height of many yards . |
| 22 | Last week his treasury under-secretary , Lawrence Summers , said that America would write off half the debts of 18 of the poorest countries in Africa . |
| 23 | Because of the last row knitted before casting off has to be knitted at a looser tension , the linker can only be used for casting off all the stitches . |
| 24 | He 's the man that 's kept the team going … the man that 's had to brush off all the jokes and mikey taking … the man that 's refused to give up the fight |
| 25 | So , I thought well I 'll I 'll turn off all the radiators |