Example sentences of "[v-ing] off [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not so , the managing director knew that Jefferson was knocking off one of the other director 's wives , but much worse than that there had been some really dirty work going on with Martinez . |
| 2 | ( Major had told the Commonwealth heads of government conference in Harare in October 1991 that the UK was prepared unilaterally to implement these terms , which envisaged writing off two-thirds of the export credits owed by the world 's poorest countries — see p. 38552 . ) |
| 3 | Thus Falkenhayn through his pusillanimity , his passion for half-measures and his obsession with the ‘ bleeding white ’ experiment , on February 25th-26th lost the opportunity of bringing off one of the greatest triumphs of the war . |
| 4 | It was bad enough having to admit that the APT train project was a dead duck , but BR shot itself in the foot and provided the cynical national media with a field day by selling off some of the vehicles to a Sheffield scrapyard . |
| 5 | The £25 million cost will be met by raising prices and selling off some of the little-used hostels . |
| 6 | These include moving all the pictures to the National Gallery ; storing the pictures in situ in a permanently closed Gallery ; selling off some of the pictures ( one such sale in 1971 caused public outcry ) ; and launching another major public appeal as in 1984–85 and 1988 ( unlikely to succeed again ) . |
| 7 | From 1986 onwards , the Thatcher government raised 4–6 billion a year by selling off some of the major public corporations — British Gas , British |
| 8 | My guess is he 's been selling off some of the better vintages over the past few years . ’ |
| 9 | This will go towards paying off most of the senior debt , said Tinley , which currently stands at $67m . |
| 10 | But for those with loans over £30,000 where there is no tax relief , it is certainly worth considering paying off some of the mortgage - particularly since there is no clear indication of when rates might come down . |
| 11 | Philip took the vase and put it on the table where it had been before , wiping off some of the dust with his elbow . |
| 12 | He sacrifices four lambs at the base of the li ga , then takes two inside and kills them by slitting open the throat and the chest and cutting off one of the forelegs at the shoulder , so the heart can be taken out , still pumping , and offered to the god on a plate on the dhāmi 's raised seat . |
| 13 | Thus the existence of coalition served to divide the collective leadership by separating those who had power and influence from those who did not , by separating the senior men from their junior colleagues and by cutting off those under the Prime Minister 's influence from the rest . |
| 14 | Frequent Bolovian references ( drawings , some rhymes , and much Bolovian dogma ) show that in the period 1927–30 Eliot found this a valuable way of letting off some of the emotional steam generated by his conversion ; serious discussions of theology are juxtaposed in this correspondence with ridiculous accounts of Bolovian religious practice , one letter dated according to the day of St Cecilia , another according to that of St Gumbolumbo . |
| 15 | The display is entitled ‘ Child 's Play ’ and showing off some of the exhibits are ( from left ) : Patricia Flanagan , acting chief executive , Craftworks ; Valerie Wherry , LEDU ; Katie O'Toole , of Katie Blue , Ormeau Avenue , and Freda Robinson , of Arabesque Braids , Knock . |
| 16 | While Father Aden tidies the rooms , Brother Bernard slips into his role as tourist guide , showing off some off the treasures of the Abbey . |
| 17 | Despite being filled with an overwhelming love and compassion for her husband , who was single-handedly fighting off one of the world 's largest corporations , she 'd also been swept by a strong desire to bash him over the head with his own fax machine ! |
| 18 | Over the years industrial capitalist society has been casting off many of the more obvious outward signs of inner distress . |
| 19 | But why someone like that would want to endanger his own property by killing off one of the boys is beyond me . ’ |
| 20 | To lose weight the intake of calories from the diet must be less than required — so that the shortfall is made up by burning off some of the excess weight , which is mainly , fatty tissue deposits . |