Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] off the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They wanted a dramatic ending where I kill off the central character and they also did n't like me making fun of the audience . |
| 2 | I incurred a second funeral director 's bill the same week as I paid off the first . |
| 3 | She shook off the treacherous thought ; Dana was her twin and she loved her with all her faults — goodness knew , she had enough of her own . |
| 4 | When you get off the beaten track and talk to people , you find out what 's really going on beneath the surface that the visitors see , the intimate details ’ . |
| 5 | Such books are ideal for planning a day 's walking but if you stray off the designated route it 's almost impossible to find your way back . |
| 6 | She switched off the data-analysis and scratched her snub nose . |
| 7 | She went back to her room and , leaving a small bedside lamp on , she switched off the main light and got into bed . |
| 8 | Before she set off the following morning , she 'd visited the Maison du Vin , which was housed in a former medieval monastery . |
| 9 | He said : ‘ If we cut off the right hands of thieves in this country , we would be well off — because then there would be no burglaries . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ If we take off the reedbed 's top 30cm of vegetation — just enough so that we do not kill off the reeds — and put in some new dykes to give a good water flow we will restore the reedbed to its former glory . ’ |
| 11 | We step off the main road , down two steps and into one of two rooms which constitute home . |
| 12 | My detector helped me to cream off the best of the finds , but I hope that fact will not deter you from carrying out your own investigations along the 499 remaining routes , if you can obtain a copy of the book . |
| 13 | When they set off the following year on a tour of Australia and New Zealand , William , as well as two nannies and acres of baggage , went too . |
| 14 | Holidaymakers contemplating taking their diesel estate cars to the Dordogne or Brittany this summer would do well to wait until they drive off the cross-Channel ferry before topping up the tank . |
| 15 | So they fan off the loose and close down the spaces for the fly-half or blind-side winger . |
| 16 | Ill health and bereavement are the most common needs for which the charity gives assistance — for example , it has recently helped a member whose career was terminated by multiple sclerosis to buy an electric wheelchair , and given a loan to a member 's widow reliant on state benefits to enable her to pay off the disputed partnership settlement debts accrued when her husband died . |
| 17 | We might ask desk officers to make an initial selection of important records as they come off the live system . |
| 18 | My missus has to buy the kids ' clothes down the jumble sale and if she wants a pair of nylons they come off the Green Shield stamps . |
| 19 | He fended off the awkward questions diplomatically . |
| 20 | He switched off the mauve light . |
| 21 | He switched off the little girl on Terry Wogan and went to look for the Sturgeon . |