Example sentences of "[vb base] off the [noun sg] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shrug off the keeping of my Law — |
| 2 | Even today , he is sure that subconsciously the experience continues to affect him , especially when storm , rain or trees trigger off the train of associations . |
| 3 | The bag is then ready for filling : snip off the tip of the cone to the size of hole required . |
| 4 | Cut off the bottom of the stem and look at the freshly cut end . |
| 5 | To re-seal a half-used cartridge , take the piece you cut off the end of the nozzle and push it into the nozzle the other way round |
| 6 | ‘ As from today ’ , he writes in his resignation letter , ’ I tear off the mask of studied ambiguity that your organization did give me twelve years ago . |
| 7 | From them comes a smell which I find achingly familiar : they and their spears and shields give off the scent of Africa : woodsmoke , hides , cattle and dust . |
| 8 | And again like their predecessors , as Tilly ( 1975 , p. 633 ) suggested in a comparison with the earlier state-making efforts in Europe , it was their efforts to ‘ build their armies , keep taxes coming in , form effective coalitions against their rivals , hold their nominal subordinates and allies in line , and fend off the threat of rebellion by ordinary people ’ which had as an ‘ unintended outcome ’ the growth of political participation . |
| 9 | Instead of being supported by rails like a conventional train , Flydaway carriages hang off the side of an elevated track . |
| 10 | It is ironic that Godoy was overthrown and treated with ignominy as a traitor at the moment when he had decided to resist Napoleon : it was his plan to remove the king to Seville , out of the way of the French , which set off the Tumult of Aranjuez . |
| 11 | Much of his conversation , uttered in the flat voice which set off the originality of the content , conveyed in this way infinite nuances of banter and irony . |
| 12 | At the end of the hour , before I lift off the lid of the box , the orthodox principles of quantum theory bid me consider the cat to be in a state which is an even-handed superposition of the states " alive " and " dead " . |
| 13 | As 12-ounce cans of vegetables bounce off the side of my car , one of them smashing my rearview mirror and another sailing with surprising accuracy through my open car window and striking me on the shoulder , I decide to call it quits for the night and return in daylight . |
| 14 | Trim off the base of a plastic washing-up liquid bottle to re-use as a saucer under a plant pot . |
| 15 | Mark off the length of the triangle along the guideline . |
| 16 | ‘ Communists , friends of the people , unite with us to drive out those who are profiting from your hard toil , those who steal the food from your tables and live off the sweat of ordinary people . |
| 17 | Not quite ideal for golf , but good enough for Brian Davis , 17 , of East Herts , to manage a two-over-par final round of 73 and stave off the challenge of his club colleague David Hamilton , who shot a third-round 72 , including five birdies . |
| 18 | Take a little Can , pluck out the eyes of Grace Jones , warmed-up Kraftwerk , siphon off the froth of Aretha Franklin 's ‘ passion ’ , snatch a little Glitter leather and smear off a fingerful of Bowie mascara , ignite with the spark of a torch song , and you 've got — Eurythmics ! |
| 19 | Yes it 's a page of Government paper in Summerchild 's judicious hand , which does not make holes in the paper , or need x-ing out , or fall off the bottom of the page : |
| 20 | From the start , go right and pick up two crates , now kill the guard and the policeman , get the third crate and travel down the lift , at the bottom go right and kill the policeman , keep going right until you fall off the edge of the platform . |
| 21 | On the house ! ’ you are probably mumbling to yourself as you polish off the bottle of Jim Beam meant for the 15 April issue winner . |
| 22 | They still had some close escapes , the most important of which came after 49 minutes when midfielder Michael Thomas beat the keeper with his cross-shot only to see the ball come off the foot of a defender on the line . |
| 23 | I 'll be back beneath it when the bird bans come off the rest of this stretch of coast on August 15th , unless the military gives me a very good reason not to in the interim . |
| 24 | It was something that Harriet had particularly noticed and which made her both angry yet hopeful : angry that her daughter could not or would not always behave in such a way and hopeful that perhaps some day Liza would come to her senses and throw off the mask of invalidism behind which Harriet felt sure she was hiding . |
| 25 | Will the right hon. Gentleman now throw off the veto of his Minister of State and have the courage to meet us to argue and discuss the case ? |
| 26 | I take off the jacket of my pale grey summer suit . |
| 27 | As Thurlow sums him up , ‘ in everyday life he was a small insignificant man in an ordinary suit … but take off the uniform of the city solicitor and put on the running singlet and the track shoes and the transformation was amazing ’ . |
| 28 | Non-League Woking 's reward , if they see off the challenge of Brighton in a replay , will be a home tie against another south coast team — Portsmouth . |