Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] off the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GRAHAM NEARN , MANAGING DIRECTOR , CATERHAM CARS LTD Life in the Lotus position General Motors ' decision to kill off the Lotus Elan shocked many British car enthusiasts . |
| 2 | He made an irritable gesture of flapping his cloak to shake off the water . |
| 3 | Tyroglyphus , harmless to the vine but a deadly enemy of Phylloxera vastatrix , was imported in 1873 in an attempt to kill off the pest ; unfortunately , however , unlike phylloxera , Tyroglyphus did not care for the European climate and failed to settle . |
| 4 | His mind fought off the idea furiously , and yet it came back to fret his certainty again . |
| 5 | After he had eaten he lit a small oil lamp to dispel the gathering gloom , and by its light fought off the silence by indulging in some desultory tidying , which consisted of gathering together assorted scrolls of papyrus and articles of clothing scattered about , and dumping them into two chests — one for each . |
| 6 | But Beaumont is already confident that the eight-year-old will make a bold bid to pull off the feat in 12 months ' time . |
| 7 | Other reports in March stressed the need for a crash immunization programme to ward off the threat of epidemics . |
| 8 | He could n't hear anything , but he could see his father covered in pollen and then he had watched the actress get off the train and a lot of kissing and hugging , and everyone behaving the way theatre people always did behave . |
| 9 | I was on the grass below the paddock when Ronnie 's car pulled off the road with a completely inexplicable failure : inexplicable in that Ronnie could find no reason why his car , which had been going so well , should suddenly come to a halt . |
| 10 | Will that bonus pay off the house ? |
| 11 | In its efforts to raise revenue to pay off the debt , Maxxam has been logging at twice the usual rate . |
| 12 | Here in the front cloth she is seen at her embroidery , sadly waiting and earning her living to pay off the Rake 's debts . |
| 13 | 16 year old Mark Cross and 17 year old Paul Eversham are being brought into the side to show off the talent Hereford has to offer for the future . |
| 14 | In one place a television ‘ red head ’ ( 800 watt ) light set off the sprinkler system with hysterical results . |
| 15 | When one reads a Paracelsian recipe for an amulet to ward off the plague , when one learns that the prime ingredient is a paste requiring eighteen dried toads , one could be forgiven for rejecting continuity between magic and science . |
| 16 | And , though the story kills off the painter , the big draw himself is sure to return larger than life . |
| 17 | This section of land lies between the canal and the River Tame and leads along to the A5127 northeast-bound where there might be room for a vehicle to pull off the road into the gateway to load up beneath the M6 . |
| 18 | Differing slightly from Ibrams are the many cases where ‘ cumulative provocation ’ has been directed towards D over a period of time , and then some minor act sparks off the loss of self-control and killing . |
| 19 | She twirled and turned in delight to show off the uniform to her mother Fran , adding : ‘ I 've already got two school bags one for my front and one for my back . ’ |
| 20 | The receivers were called in at the Broadgate developer and the shares suspended at 7¼p , but the FT-SE 100 Index shook off the crisis and climbed to a new peak , up 18 points at 2778.8 . |
| 21 | He carried on past and found a place to pull off the road , and then he collected together his flashlight and a roll of tools and set off to walk the short distance back . |
| 22 | Rain switched off the water . |
| 23 | At these levels , borrowers with savings or investments must be wondering whether it is worthwhile using some of their cash to pay off the mortgage in part or in full . |
| 24 | The difference was exacerbated by Parliament 's refusal to pay off the army 's arrears of pay . |
| 25 | For such clients raising a second mortgage to pay off the credit card debt often seems the only answer . |
| 26 | For such clients raising a second mortgage to pay off the credit card debt often seems the only answer . |
| 27 | The takeover sparked off the defection of key executives from Lord Geller , a J W T subsidiary . |
| 28 | ’ Course y 'll hafta get off the ship , ’ she said . |
| 29 | Mathers twisted his head to pull off the bite he 'd taken ; he chewed for a while . |
| 30 | The cab drew up outside an enormous emporium in the very heart of the town , and Ellie alighted while Madame paid off the cab . |