Example sentences of "[verb] off [prep] [art] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can tell that you have not been fobbed off with the more mature product by the size of the cuts and the pallor of the flesh . |
| 2 | Because the fingers within her own warm hands ceased to flutter agitatedly , a brief smile flickering over the other girl 's pale face as she seemed to drift off into a more comfortable , easy sleep . |
| 3 | Few mystical treatises get off to a more intriguing start than The Fire of Love , which describes the first time Rolle became aware of a heat in his breast which , he insists , was not imaginary or metaphorical but which could be felt as a finger felt the heat of the flames in which it had been thrust . |
| 4 | She looked very vulnerable and Emily wished that they had started off on a more pleasant footing . |
| 5 | here you can take a gentle stroll around the lake , or start off on a more strenuous hike . |
| 6 | Freezers and immersion heaters will be switched off for no more than 15 minutes at a time during peak-load periods . |
| 7 | William Plumpton , cultivating Gloucester and his retainer John Pilkington in the hope of bringing pressure to bear on Northumberland over a Knaresborough office , was firmly warned off by a more sophisticated associate . |
| 8 | William Plumpton , cultivating Gloucester and his retainer John Pilkington in the hope of bringing pressure to bear on Northumberland over a Knaresborough office , was firmly warned off by a more sophisticated associate . |
| 9 | His wife , severely disappointed to find that her husband was happy to sink to the status of a businessman with only a distant connection with the movies , ran off with a more committed actor . |