Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] off a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And , the court was told , the caper was just like the film Best of Friends in which Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster play two old lags who decide to pull off a final robbery . |
| 2 | After the gig , we mooch around the band 's dressing room and try to give off an inconspicuous vibe ( a hard one , since we 're the only ones that are n't stoned out of our gourds and do n't have accents that can hack their way through huge mountain ranges ) . |
| 3 | DO YOU FANCY leaping off a high place attached to earth by only a large rubber band ? |
| 4 | The proposals have set off a heated debate within the milk industry , whose outcome is likely to have important ramifications north of the Border , where the Scottish milk boards are facing a similar fate to that of their English and Welsh counterpart . |
| 5 | The Americans have pulled off a technological miracle to stage the US Cup game against Germany in Detroit 's Silverdome . |
| 6 | GARRYOWEN have pulled off a major coup with the appointment of former All Blacks captain Andy Leslie as coach for the next two seasons . |