Example sentences of "[verb] off with the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I asked earlier what those penalties might be , I was fobbed off with the answer that the matter would be referred to the industrial tribunal , and that the worker involved might receive some form of compensation . |
| 2 | In 1988 , customers , so cheesed off with the Line 's service , staged the famous so-called ‘ battle of Finchley Central , ’ occupying a train after an all-too-common announcement that it was to be diverted to Mill Hill East instead of ‘ speeding ’ to its original destination of High Barnet . |
| 3 | However I did get a bit cheesed off with the movie 's rather plodding pace . |
| 4 | After washing , twist taps were not turned off with the paper towel ; and where elbow taps were available , they were used properly only four times ; and when disposing of the paper towel in foot-operated pedal bins , nurses used their hands to open and close the bins . |
| 5 | One of the men , however , easily held down the exciseman while the others made off with the booty . |
| 6 | One of his two sixes off left-arm spinner henry went out of the ground , and play was held up while police vainly chased a thief who made off with the ball . |
| 7 | Niven Jr was tied up by two gunmen , who made off with the haul belonging to Elizabeth Adams . |
| 8 | Thieves made off with the loan car of a woman who had her vehicle stolen . |
| 9 | ‘ He just walked in , pushed her aside and made off with the handbag , ’ she claimed . |
| 10 | The thief made off with the week-end offerings from St. Mary 's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church in Killyleagh . |
| 11 | I might have escaped her vigilance when I made off with the boat , but my wails of distress soon brought her running to the rescue . |
| 12 | Thieves made off with the gear after spotting it outside Peter Mountain 's flat in Victor Street , York . |
| 13 | On CEEFAX and TELETEXT it implied that Cuntona got off with the rap . |
| 14 | Agitation caused the heavier ore to fall through the dense media into hoppers below , whilst the waste rode off with the current of water into further units , and eventually the sand pile . |
| 15 | The principle was the same however — the reliance of the mineral with its heavier specific gravity , settling down quickly whilst the waste rode off with the water . |
| 16 | The sun breaks through the hazy Teesside smog just as the show kicks off with the release of hundreds of helium-filled balloons about as environmentally-friendly as the tall factory chimneys they fly past . |
| 17 | Or are you afraid I 'll make off with the family jewels ? ’ |
| 18 | I should think so cos you could run off with the machine . |
| 19 | It was heartfelt and deep , but Theo should not run off with the idea that it was all laughter and light and the cooing of turtle doves . |
| 20 | ‘ When I could n't find you I thought maybe you 'd run off with the professor . ’ |
| 21 | I remember him going , going off with the milk |
| 22 | When the solicited animal joins in the harassment , it may end with the enlister going off with the female and leaving the other two to fight it out . |
| 23 | Run off with the milkman , disowned Billy , got religion ; but I did n't think so . |
| 24 | Soccer , sidecar racing and hill climbing in sport tonight , which we kick off with the fight for promotion to the first division . |
| 25 | there is not a single piece by anyone other than himself on these discs which he is not able to rattle off with the short of nonchalant ease that would probably make even ARgerich or Pollini green with envy . |
| 26 | Stewart walked off with the look of one who was the sole survivor of a particularly nasty plane crash . |
| 27 | DAZZLING Diana stepped into her husband 's shoes last night … and walked off with the glory . |
| 28 | Wednesday 's meeting at Worcester is almost certain to be called off with the course is under several feet of water . |
| 29 | After having lost over fourteen hours to the weather , the game was called off with the score at 227 for 6 declared , and a series that had promised so much with its exciting start fizzled out meaninglessly , with almost seven of the twenty-five playing days lost . |
| 30 | In his hurry to return to Italy the magistrate did not allow sufficient time for the necessary light exposure and , despite protests from the technicians , rushed off with the recording . |