Example sentences of "[vb base] off the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she wanted was to turn the clock back and shrug off the ghastly realisation that her marriage was not what she 'd thought it was . |
| 2 | ‘ Send off the personal quotation request or phone direct on 0483 754 500 ’ |
| 3 | send off the completed form and affidavit , your marriage certificate and either the court fee or a completed form claiming exemption from the court fee ( this form comes with the application ) . |
| 4 | Just fill in and send off the Free Trial Card . |
| 5 | These pins are used to hold the coils on the board ; snip off the odd pin on that side of the bobbin which has three pins . |
| 6 | Their single-minded preoccupation , you see , is to hang on to their present decade and hold off the Rubicon-crossing birthday beyond which grandmotherhood and whiskered chins threaten to throttle the last vestiges of good-time glamour . |
| 7 | Then we run tepid water and wash off the dried blood . |
| 8 | Given a large corpse of anything on the bottom of the Amazon or even the Thames , most fish will ‘ attack ’ and gnaw off the odd bit . |
| 9 | Cut off the top quarter of the bottle so that it forms a sort of funnel . |
| 10 | Cut off the top growth of catmint , but leave the pruning of caryopteris and fuchsias until new growth appears . |
| 11 | Turn the bag inside out , shake off the surplus moisture and replace the bag inside-out on the canes . |
| 12 | ENGLAND stars Jason Leonard ( left ) and Dewi Morris show off the new kit with David Pears ( middle ) in the away strip . |
| 13 | Fine-slatted Venetian blinds show off the tall sash windows , which are too elegant to be obscured by curtains . |
| 14 | Three of a kind … models show off the latest range of styles which will be on display at the Tesco and RSCPA Cruelty Free show at London 's Regents College in London this weekend Picture : DAVID GILES |
| 15 | On 5 June one of two Iranian F-4s that had come over from Bushehr , looking for another kill off the Saudi coast , was shot down by the Saudis ' more advanced F-15s , armed with the Raytheon Sparrow missile and guided on to their targets by AWACS surveillance craft . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | The aim of the game is to gas as many Jews as possible and then sell off the residual gold teeth . |
| 18 | The reader has identified with the person you have put at the centre of your story and that person must , for the reader 's satisfaction , bring off the final solution . |
| 19 | The Algarve for a beach , sports , lolling kind of family holiday , the rest of the country for sightseeing and travel off the beaten track . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | His message to all farmers of the world is crystal clear ; get off the chemical treadmill now before it is too late . |
| 22 | ‘ I could n't care less , get off the fucking line , ’ shouted Plummer and slammed the receiver down . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ Get off the puritanical high-horse , man . |
| 25 | The adrenaline makes her giggle , and still rising noradrenaline levels set off the familiar beat of passion . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | First came the preliminary soundings ( the trabajos ) and the winning over of officers and sergeants by a small activist group in touch with civilian conspirators ; then the compromisos by which accomplices were bound to action ; finally the chosen leaders set off the last stage by the cry — the grito . |
| 28 | Another surfaced in African Analaysis suggesting it was an Israeli atomic bomb test which set off the fatal discharge of poisonous gases and the monstrous tidal wave from the lake that swamped the surrounding countryside . |
| 29 | Some of its leading citizens acquired great wealth , especially from saffron and wine , and landed property , in the course of the twelfth century , and they displayed their newfound status by building the lofty towers which still make the skyline of the city so beautiful and so absurd — beautiful especially from a little distance , for the rolling Tuscan hills set off the imaginative colour and the dramatic skyline to remarkable effect . |
| 30 | During a slow lap on Friday , the first day of practice , Mansell had gone off line slightly and it was enough to have the Williams slide into a tyre barrier and snap off the right-hand suspension . |