Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] off [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this case , the shareholders are passing off some risk on to the manager . |
| 2 | ‘ And they 're living off fresh-cooked lamb and white bread and sweet Commanderie ? ’ |
| 3 | Knitters who have not practised the partial shaping may be casting off one stitch at a time as they were first taught to do or casting off in this way to retain a firm shoulder seam . |
| 4 | Spring is also the ideal time to do all those jobs you have been putting off all winter . |
| 5 | I suspect the answer lies in the demographic changes of the 1980s , which showed a substantial and unexpected in-migration to Scotland , on the same scale and pattern as the ‘ incomers ’ to Wales who were selling off expensive property in south east England and settling down on the proceeds . |
| 6 | Saints manager Ian Branfoot is fighting off strong competition from Liverpool , Tottenham , Aston Villa and Everton by offering Le Tissier a new contract even though his present agreement does not expire until July . |
| 7 | And the Prime Minister , due to meet local Tory activists during a regional tour this week , is fighting off growing party unrest over the Budget VAT levy . |
| 8 | He was running off some sort of three-page newsletter under a clenched fist wrapped in barbed wire masthead . |
| 9 | She sat up , sweeping her tumbling hair back from her face with one hand , then grabbed the covers about her , suddenly aware that her nightdress was slipping off one shoulder . |