Example sentences of "[verb] off at the end " in BNC.
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| 1 | Girls were dropped off at the ends of the roads where they lived , motor-cycles were pushed into front gardens and covered with PVC sheeting . |
| 2 | The princess , in a royal purple suit-dress , pushed on in front to sign the visitors ' book while the prince wandered off at the end , leaving his wife in his wake . |
| 3 | In order to stop the printer echo being turned off at the end of the CLI command file , the CLI is suspended with the " . |
| 4 | It was old and battered , with a single arm that had broken off at the end . |
| 5 | We get a little Federation Cup , which is on now and again , and just the final from Brighton which is broken off at the end of the second set for snooker . |
| 6 | Talks in Rome were reported on Feb. 1 to have been broken off at the end of January by the South African-backed rebel Mozambique National Resistance ( MNR or Renamo ) which accused the government of violating the ceasefire agreement signed on Dec. 1 . |
| 7 | I was his assistant and when he wanted flowers he would send me to the Old Covent Garden at 4.30am to buy hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums which would then be sold off at the end of the day , thus serving a dual purpose as decoration and a means of recouping some of our costs . |
| 8 | You can get to us , you can get on at the ba , at the baths and it comes up past Park and you get off , you get off at the end of Wickham Avenue |
| 9 | The schoolboy team will set off at the end of the month . |
| 10 | Make a hitch with the tarred string around the stake adjacent to the top of the sacking collar , lock knot it between stake and stem , and leave 3–4 inches ( 8–10cm ) hanging ( you will need this for tying off at the end ) . |
| 11 | This makes it easier to switch off at the end . |
| 12 | These buildings were invariably well heated and conducive to ‘ nodding off at the end of a long day . |
| 13 | Daisy suddenly wanted to check her face , and when he went off at the end of the chukka to talk to the next group playing , which included Perdita , she toned down her rosy cheeks and drenched her neck with Je Reviens , but failed to put the top back on properly , so it stank out the Land-Rover . |
| 14 | The letter quoted above was begun at Didcot Station , then continued at his Cowley Road digs , and rounded off at the end of the first day of the Scholarship exam after six hours of hard writing . |
| 15 | ‘ Good ’ work has to be seen as More than crime-fighting : ‘ Like , this is the sort of job that you come off at the end of the night and say to yourself ‘ What did I do ? ’ |
| 16 | What that group wants to know , of course , is what he will do when the golden handcuffs come off at the end of next year . |
| 17 | ( a ) Enter the above items on the Postage Book form provided , total and balance off at the end of the day . |