Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] off the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do I just switch off the tape recorder and go back and say , ‘ Here 's a two and a half minute speech ’ ? |
| 2 | Can I just finish off the front I can do that tonight , tonight please ? |
| 3 | My wife finished off with a creme caramel dessert while I just finished off the litre bottle of house white , which was well worth its £8.95 price tag . |
| 4 | I jump so hard I nearly fall off the board . |
| 5 | He found himself walking through Denver Airport one day with a hollowed-out Brazilian hand-grenade fitted with a Zippo lighter , a present from Singlaub to Calero : ‘ one of the scary things was that I walked right through … and I never set off the alarms . ’ |
| 6 | Oh no I hate it when than ha when that happens , you fucking pull off the corner and the top do n't come off . |
| 7 | There 's something about that flight … every time you do it , you just get off the plane shaking your head and thinking how incredibly tolerant the staff are . |
| 8 | She even switches off the soap operas on the television when the emotional thermostat gets turned up . |
| 9 | Following Botham Wanderers ' defeat , we now move off the bottom for the first time in four months . |
| 10 | When we cook potatoes or vegetables , we often scrape off the outer layer , which is most nutritious ( i.e. the fibrous bit just under the skin ) , then boil off any remaining vitamins into the water , which is then poured down the sink . |
| 11 | I could tell she was angry and I was ready to cry , but Frankie pulled me roughly back off the step and we turned to leave . |
| 12 | I remained in it only to pay off the debts left by our now failed business and needed every penny I could get . |