Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [v-ing] off [pos pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Some military observers fear the US could get entangled in another Vietnam but President Bush warned : ‘ Our mission is humanitarian and we will not tolerate armed gangs ripping off their own people . ’ |
| 2 | My inquiries reveal that most of these are caused by exercise programmes devised by ignorant charlatans feeding off our need for health . |
| 3 | On the occasions of my own visits I always manage to see something new when I visit Rutland Water : a preening water rail in full view below Lax Hill , four buoyant , saw-billed goosanders showing off their diving skills , short-eared owls roosting at dusk on the fence posts of the Hambleton Peninsula , a pair of displaying great crested grebes presenting mutual gifts of waterweed … |
| 4 | It was like a nightmare to sit and listen to the loose stones bouncing off my windscreen and bodywork as the lorry passed me at about 70mph . |
| 5 | A survey in 1982 found that a third of the left-wing Labour councillors either worked for another local authority ( including teachers ) or were full-time councillors living off their allowances . |
| 6 | Then I was ready , ignoring Mala 's stifled giggles and her remark that the mauve roll-flaps topping off my boots were going too far . |
| 7 | I looked out of a window to see what he was looking at , but there seemed to be nothing of great note , only the racegoing passengers streaming off their forward carriages en route to write postcards home from the station . |