Example sentences of "[verb] off [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tears , weeping , sobbing , shaking and reliving the experiences which triggered off these powerful feelings , leave the person being counselled exhausted after a session but peaceful , and often with a new perception of the world . |
| 2 | MILLWALL 'S American import Kasey Keller bounced back from his clanger at Highbury to pull off two brilliant saves to keep the Lions alive . |
| 3 | * Reports from Thailand suggest that , following the government 's ban on logging , Thai businessmen are taking increasing numbers of trees from Burma , Laos and Cambodia , in some cases using this legal trade to pass off illegally-felled Thai trees as legitimate imports . |
| 4 | The Tories would not be allowed to keep Jeffrey Archer and Labour could be forced to distance itself from Ben Elton , who is known to frighten off some middle-of-the-road autograph hunters . |
| 5 | Today the Government , of course , still denies legal responsibility — presumably to frighten off any other claimants — but will dispense £150 million of taxpayers ' money to com pensate investors of both the Barlow Clowes UK fund and the Gibraltar based international fund ( which is n't covered by the Department of Trade 's writ and which offered rates of interest on allegedly gilt-edged stock which were not possible with out tax avoidance ) . |
| 6 | He started the engine at once and pulled impatiently out from the kerb , as if still trying to shake off that introspective question of his . |
| 7 | So perhaps their disappearance was a brave bid to shake off that old image ( two years is long enough to be forgotten in teen land ) and appeal to a broader church . |
| 8 | By the end of this eight-week programme you will know about your body 's requirements , and you should have managed to shake off those excess pounds . |
| 9 | However , I had learned to shake off any lingering discomfort quite easily after the initial shock to my psyche . |
| 10 | And , in view of what you 've told me about the computer and knocking off all those agents , this whole thing is a lot bigger than just guarding Trimmler . |
| 11 | A jagged edge finishes off this dramatic style which was created by David Aumonier in Belfast |
| 12 | Keep your pack clean by brushing off any loose dirt with a soft brush after use . |
| 13 | I should have known from the way he could n't finish off this simple word that , a few days later , they would part . |
| 14 | But they provide real hope for the future : wind farms could help slow down global warming ( because they do n't give off any toxic emissions ) and they do n't use any of the planet 's precious resources . |
| 15 | We can dismiss inflight editorial wholesale , slag off any other editorial we do n't like as belonging to an inflight magazine , and just generally have something to feel superior to . |
| 16 | ‘ Just do n't ever forget that I hate you , Luke , ’ she reminded him in a fine , tense little voice , staving off complete sensual surrender for a few desperate seconds . |
| 17 | Brachiopods have probably always filter-fed , living off small organic particles brought on currents . |
| 18 | Next Month : The construction of a simple Artwork Light-Box will round off this short series . |
| 19 | ‘ It would take months to sell off all that lot , especially the way the market is now , ’ a merchant banker said . |
| 20 | Father Moore is only a brief visitor ; he has called in crisply to pay his respects , exchange a few words of banter with Patsy ( also a brother-in-law of somebody ) , and to inform Siobhan that next year he will be personally heading a pilgrimage to Knock so as to ward off any unfortunate flukes of the road . |
| 21 | By this method , produce is subjected to waves and particles generated by a radioactive source which kills off all living organisms , including bacteria , as well as delaying the ripening and decay of fruits and vegetables . |
| 22 | If this considerable force struck toward Siedlice , some 160km/100mls east of Warsaw , Conrad 's northward drive could , in combination , cut off all Russian forces in the salient . |
| 23 | Leave approximately 25cms hanging below the bear , attach the toggle and cut off any extra cord . |
| 24 | To prevent birds pulling them up , net the rows until they root and cut off any wispy tips . |
| 25 | Shake off this vile Obedience they exact , |
| 26 | Family tradition attracted many Scots into the army who might have been better advised to look elsewhere , but in time of war there was always the hope that disease or wounds would carry off enough military superiors to create vacancies without purchase and permit advancement in rank . |
| 27 | He had this trick and he had a blow torch and he burned off all this blokes hair . |
| 28 | The up-front payment mentioned in Clause 1 of this Schedule will be used to set off this advance payment until such time as it is used up . |
| 29 | Timmy , 34 , and his Australian wife Lynda proudly show off five -week-old William Theodore Mallett here for the first time . |
| 30 | Every time The Smiths play a traditional fifty dater around the country they kill off five budding James by buttressing the more dangerous music biz clichés . |