Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [noun] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rubber was stretching and stretching and not tightening enough , and I could n't move my hands for fear of it tearing the flesh off a finger or biting my nose off . |
| 2 | The client is encouraged , and initially assisted , in developing and carrying out strategies for testing thoughts and beliefs about what might happen , e.g. ‘ If I ask my boss for a raise he 'll sack me or bite my head off . ’ , |
| 3 | She would bite herself , bite anybody , and tear her clothes off . |
| 4 | Liam Murphy was lying across the back , drunk as a newt and singing his head off . |
| 5 | We all got into the covered cart and made our way off into the countryside . |
| 6 | ‘ If I 'm crying because someone 's been nasty to me , he 'll want to rush away and knock their block off ’ , said one woman , ‘ for anything else he 'll just sit there and look miserable and uncomfortable until I feel I 'm supposed to comfort him ’ . |
| 7 | Cos he said oh I should 've just hit him there and then and I said yeah instead of fucking hanging about and pissing your mates off , you know what I mean ? |
| 8 | Well it depends , you know , it depends if I expect erm my landlord to come back and chop my head off or something . |
| 9 | To sum up , if you use downloadable fonts and send your files off to another system for outputting do make sure that they know what fonts you are using . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't worry , I wo n't heat the tongs too much and singe your hair off . |
| 11 | For it is the fear of shit and pee and shame and awkward smells which finally makes families crack and pack their relatives off to homes . |
| 12 | Uttering a single , feeble word : ‘ lymenner ’ , he expired ; whereupon Mr Cottle snatched the sword and cut his head off , resting it on a branch like a sporting trophy . |
| 13 | Put it in a train in a comfortable seat with two hours of peace and quiet and not a contraflow within cursing distance , and let its brakes off . |
| 14 | If a natural pair has formed it is probably best to transfer just these two fish to their new quarters ; or else you can move the fish when smaller and let them pair off in their new home , removing the surplus individuals before the spawning pair try to do it for you . |
| 15 | It really was a quite extraordinary sight to see this giant Headmistress dangling the small boy high in the air and the boy spinning and twisting like something on the end of a string and shrieking his head off . |
| 16 | Then they stopped , got me out of the car , still with my bloody hood on , and ripped my clothes off . ’ |
| 17 | She said , how would you like it if I come along and ripped your head off . |
| 18 | Jessamyn thought the Maniak might start a fight — she needed some action just now , her muscles tingled — but the heavy-set panzerboy backed down , and hauled his pal off . |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , ’ says I , and watch them poodle off down the road . |
| 20 | ‘ I said , if he harms you in any way I shall explode and blow his head off , ’ said the Thing . |
| 21 | Coleman backed out of the deal and tipped his victim off . |
| 22 | The best example of that type of person is the liberal who professes to be anti-war and anti-violence and then goes to the boxing matches or watches the football game and screams his head off . |
| 23 | I got to the changing room first and was already stripping off as the sixteen other boys in the class barged in flinging satchels and blazers everywhere and kicking their shoes off so that they landed underneath the slatted benches that ran along each wall . |
| 24 | Try and get your shoes off . |
| 25 | Simply place your finger over the end of the tube , lower the other end in the tank over the rubbish , and lift your finger off for a second . |
| 26 | He 's probably been down here already and scratched his number off . |
| 27 | I 'll try and cut his boot off before he wakes up again . |
| 28 | My earliest memory is of standing in the nursery of Byron House in Highgate and crying my head off . |
| 29 | Then she unbuttoned his suspenders and pulled his socks off . |
| 30 | He turned the block over to ‘ train online ’ , warned it on to Bradley Fold Station and pulled his signals off . |